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Chapter 3. On the Road

           Andhereitdispersedforatime,astheyweretoliveinVenicesomefewmonthsinapalace(itselfsixtimesasbigasthewholeMarshalsea)ontheGrandCanal.

           Inthiscrowningunreality,whereallthestreetswerepavedwithwater,andwherethedeathlikestillnessofthedaysandnightswasbrokenbynosoundbutthesoftenedringingofchurch-bells,theripplingofthecurrent,andthecryofthegondoliersturningthecornersoftheflowingstreets,LittleDorrit,quitelostbyhertaskbeingdone,satdowntomuse.Thefamilybeganagaylife,wenthereandthere,andturnednightintoday;butshewastimidofjoiningintheirgaieties,andonlyaskedleavetobeleftalone.

           Sometimesshewouldstepintooneofthegondolasthatwerealwayskeptinwaiting,mooredtopaintedpostsatthedoor—whenshecouldescapefromtheattendanceofthatoppressivemaid,whowashermistress,andaveryhardone—andwouldbetakenalloverthestrangecity.Socialpeopleinothergondolasbegantoaskeachotherwhothelittlesolitarygirlwaswhomtheypassed,sittinginherboatwithfoldedhands,lookingsopensivelyandwonderinglyabouther.Neverthinkingthatitwouldbeworthanybody’swhiletonoticeherorherdoings,LittleDorrit,inherquiet,scared,lostmanner,wentaboutthecitynonetheless.

           Butherfavouritestationwasthebalconyofherownroom,overhangingthecanal,withotherbalconiesbelow,andnoneabove.

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