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Chapter 36. The Marshalsea becomes an Orphan

           There,weremanywhoseshillingshadgoneintohispockettobuyhimmeatanddrink;butnonewhowerenowobtrusivelyHailfellowwellmet!withhim,onthestrengthofthatassistance.Itwasrathertoberemarkedofthecagedbirds,thattheywerealittleshyofthebirdabouttobesograndlyfree,andthattheyhadatendencytowithdrawthemselvestowardsthebars,andseemalittleflutteredashepassed.

           Throughthesespectatorsthelittleprocession,headedbythetwobrothers,movedslowlytothegate.MrDorrit,yieldingtothevastspeculationhowthepoorcreaturesweretogetonwithouthim,wasgreat,andsad,butnotabsorbed.HepattedchildrenontheheadlikeSirRogerdeCoverleygoingtochurch,hespoketopeopleinthebackgroundbytheirChristiannames,hecondescendedtoallpresent,andseemedfortheirconsolationtowalkencircledbythelegendingoldencharacters,‘Becomforted,mypeople!Bearit!’

           Atlastthreehonestcheersannouncedthathehadpassedthegate,andthattheMarshalseawasanorphan.Beforetheyhadceasedtoringintheechoesoftheprisonwalls,thefamilyhadgotintotheircarriage,andtheattendanthadthestepsinhishand.

           Then,andnotbefore,‘GoodGracious!’criedMissFannyallatonce,‘Where’sAmy!’

           Herfatherhadthoughtshewaswithhersister.Hersisterhadthoughtshewas‘somewhereorother.’Theyhadalltrustedtofindingher,astheyhadalwaysdone,quietlyintherightplaceattherightmoment.Thisgoingawaywasperhapstheveryfirstactionoftheirjointlivesthattheyhadgotthroughwithouther.

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