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Chapter 3. On the Road

           Tothiswouldsucceedalabyrinthofbarepassagesandpillaredgalleries,withthefamilyprocessionalreadypreparinginthequadranglebelow,throughthecarriagesandluggagebeingbroughttogetherbytheservantsfortheday’sjourney.Thenbreakfastinanotherpaintedchamber,damp-stainedandofdesolateproportions;andthenthedeparture,which,tohertimidityandsenseofnotbeinggrandenoughforherplaceintheceremonies,wasalwaysanuneasything.Forthenthecourier(whohimselfwouldhavebeenaforeigngentlemanofhighmarkintheMarshalsea)wouldpresenthimselftoreportthatallwasready;andthenherfather’svaletwouldpompouslyinducthimintohistravelling-cloak;andthenFanny’smaid,andherownmaid(whowasaweightonLittleDorrit’smind—absolutelymadehercryatfirst,sheknewsolittlewhattodowithher),wouldbeinattendance;andthenherbrother’smanwouldcompletehismaster’sequipment;andthenherfatherwouldgivehisarmtoMrsGeneral,andherunclewouldgivehistoher,and,escortedbythelandlordandInnservants,theywouldswoopdown-stairs.There,acrowdwouldbecollectedtoseethementertheircarriages,which,amidstmuchbowing,andbegging,andprancing,andlashing,andclattering,theywoulddo;andsotheywouldbedrivenmadlythroughnarrowunsavourystreets,andjerkedoutatthetowngate.

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