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Chapter 5. Family Affairs

           

           ThisrefectionofoysterswasnotpresidedoverbyAffery,butbythegirlwhohadappearedwhenthebellwasrung;thesamewhohadbeeninthedimly-lightedroomlastnight.Nowthathehadanopportunityofobservingher,Arthurfoundthatherdiminutivefigure,smallfeatures,andslightsparedress,gavehertheappearanceofbeingmuchyoungerthanshewas.Awoman,probablyofnotlessthantwo-and-twenty,shemighthavebeenpassedinthestreetforlittlemorethanhalfthatage.Notthatherfacewasveryyouthful,forintruththerewasmoreconsiderationandcareinitthannaturallybelongedtoherutmostyears;butshewassolittleandlight,sonoiselessandshy,andappearedsoconsciousofbeingoutofplaceamongthethreehardelders,thatshehadallthemannerandmuchoftheappearanceofasubduedchild.

           Inahardway,andinanuncertainwaythatfluctuatedbetweenpatronageandputtingdown,thesprinklingfromawatering-potandhydraulicpressure,MrsClennamshowedaninterestinthisdependent.Eveninthemomentofherentrance,upontheviolentringingofthebell,whenthemothershieldedherselfwiththatsingularactionfromtheson,MrsClennam’seyeshadhadsomeindividualrecognitioninthem,whichseemedreservedforher.Astherearedegreesofhardnessinthehardestmetal,andshadesofcolourinblackitself,so,evenintheasperityofMrsClennam’sdemeanourtowardsalltherestofhumanityandtowardsLittleDorrit,therewasafinegradation.

           LittleDorritletherselfouttodoneedlework.

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