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Chapter 36. The Marshalsea becomes an Orphan

           Intheyard,wasthemanwiththeshadowygrievancerespectingtheFundwhichtheMarshalembezzled,whohadgotupatfiveinthemorningtocompletethecopyingofaperfectlyunintelligiblehistoryofthattransaction,whichhehadcommittedtoMrDorrit’scare,asadocumentofthelastimportance,calculatedtostuntheGovernmentandeffecttheMarshal’sdownfall.Intheyard,wastheinsolventwhoseutmostenergieswerealwayssetongettingintodebt,whobrokeintoprisonwithasmuchpainsasothermenhavebrokenoutofit,andwhowasalwaysbeingclearedandcomplimented;whiletheinsolventathiselbow—amerelittle,snivelling,strivingtradesman,halfdeadofanxiouseffortstokeepoutofdebt—founditahardmatter,indeed,togetaCommissionertoreleasehimwithmuchreproofandreproach.Intheyard,wasthemanofmanychildrenandmanyburdens,whosefailureastonishedeverybody;intheyard,wasthemanofnochildrenandlargeresources,whosefailureastonishednobody.There,werethepeoplewhowerealwaysgoingoutto-morrow,andalwaysputtingitoff;there,werethepeoplewhohadcomeinyesterday,andwhoweremuchmorejealousandresentfulofthisfreakoffortunethantheseasonedbirds.There,weresomewho,inpuremeannessofspirit,cringedandbowedbeforetheenrichedCollegianandhisfamily;there,wereotherswhodidsoreallybecausetheireyes,accustomedtothegloomoftheirimprisonmentandpoverty,couldnotsupportthelightofsuchbrightsunshine.

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