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Chapter 5. Family Affairs

           

           ‘Now,Affery,woman,’saidMrFlintwinch,asshecrossedthehall.‘Youhadn’tmadeMrArthur’sbedwhenIwasuptherelast.Stiryourself.Bustle.’

           ButMrArthurfoundthehousesoblankanddreary,andwassounwillingtoassistatanotherimplacableconsignmentofhismother’senemies(perhapshimselfamongthem)tomortaldisfigurementandimmortalruin,thatheannouncedhisintentionoflodgingatthecoffee-housewherehehadlefthisluggage.MrFlintwinchtakingkindlytotheideaofgettingridofhim,andhismotherbeingindifferent,beyondconsiderationsofsaving,tomostdomesticarrangementsthatwerenotboundedbythewallsofherownchamber,heeasilycarriedthispointwithoutnewoffence.Dailybusinesshourswereagreedupon,whichhismother,MrFlintwinch,andhe,weretodevotetogethertoanecessarycheckingofbooksandpapers;andheleftthehomehehadsolatelyfound,withdepressedheart.

           ButLittleDorrit?

           Thebusinesshours,allowingforintervalsofinvalidregimenofoystersandpartridges,duringwhichClennamrefreshedhimselfwithawalk,werefromtentosixforaboutafortnight.SometimesLittleDorritwasemployedatherneedle,sometimesnot,sometimesappearedasahumblevisitor:whichmusthavebeenhercharacterontheoccasionofhisarrival.Hisoriginalcuriosityaugmentedeveryday,ashewatchedforher,sawordidnotseeher,andspeculatedabouther.Influencedbyhispredominantidea,heevenfellintoahabitofdiscussingwithhimselfthepossibilityofherbeinginsomewayassociatedwithit

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