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Chapter 32. More Fortune-Telling

           Youknow,LittleMother;tellhimthat.Foritwasareg’largoodsecret,thatwas!’criedMaggy,huggingherself.

           ArthurlookedatLittleDorritforhelptocomprehendthis,andwasstruckbyseeinghersotimidandred.But,whenshetoldhimthatitwasonlyaFairyTaleshehadonedaymadeupforMaggy,andthattherewasnothinginitwhichshewouldn’tbeashamedtotellagaintoanybodyelse,evenifshecouldrememberit,heleftthesubjectwhereitwas.

           However,hereturnedtohisownsubjectbyfirstentreatinghertoseehimoftener,andtorememberthatitwasimpossibletohaveastrongerinterestinherwelfarethanhehad,ortobemoresetuponpromotingitthanhewas.Whensheansweredfervently,shewellknewthat,sheneverforgotit,hetoucheduponhissecondandmoredelicatepoint—thesuspicionhehadformed.

           ‘LittleDorrit,’hesaid,takingherhandagain,andspeakinglowerthanhehadspokenyet,sothatevenMaggyinthesmallroomcouldnothearhim,‘anotherword.Ihavewantedverymuchtosaythistoyou;Ihavetriedforopportunities.Don’tmindme,who,forthematterofyears,mightbeyourfatheroryouruncle.Alwaysthinkofmeasquiteanoldman.Iknowthatallyourdevotioncentresinthisroom,andthatnothingtothelastwillevertemptyouawayfromthedutiesyoudischargehere.IfIwerenotsureofit,Ishould,beforenow,haveimploredyou,andimploredyourfather,toletmemakesomeprovisionforyouinamoresuitableplace.

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