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Chapter 8. The Dowager Mrs Gowan is reminded that ‘It Never Does’

           Theoldinteresthehadhadinher,andheroldtrustingrelianceonhim,weretingedwithmelancholyinhismind:sosoonhadchangestolenoverthem,andsosoonhadtheyglidedintothepastwithothersecrettendernesses.

           Whenhereceivedherletterhewasgreatlymoved,butdidnotthelesssensiblyfeelthatshewasfardividedfromhimbymorethandistance.Ithelpedhimtoaclearerandkeenerperceptionoftheplaceassignedhimbythefamily.Hesawthathewascherishedinhergratefulremembrancesecretly,andthattheyresentedhimwiththejailandtherestofitsbelongings.

           Throughallthesemeditationswhicheverydayofhislifecrowdedabouther,hethoughtofherotherwiseintheoldway.Shewashisinnocentfriend,hisdelicatechild,hisdearLittleDorrit.Thisverychangeofcircumstancesfittedcuriouslyinwiththehabit,begunonthenightwhentherosesfloatedaway,ofconsideringhimselfasamucholdermanthanhisyearsreallymadehim.Heregardedherfromapointofviewwhichinitsremoteness,tenderasitwas,helittlethoughtwouldhavebeenunspeakableagonytoher.Hespeculatedaboutherfuturedestiny,andaboutthehusbandshemighthave,withanaffectionforherwhichwouldhavedrainedherheartofitsdearestdropofhope,andbrokenit.

           Everythingabouthimtendedtoconfirmhiminthecustomoflookingonhimselfasanelderlyman,fromwhomsuchaspirationsashehadcombatedinthecaseofMinnieGowan(thoughthatwasnotsolongagoeither,reckoningbymonthsandseasons),werefinallydeparted.

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