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Chapter 18. A Castle in the Air

           

           Nextmorning’ssunsawMrDorrit’sequipageupontheDoverroad,whereeveryred-jacketedpostilionwasthesignofacruelhouse,establishedfortheunmercifulplunderingoftravellers.Thewholebusinessofthehumanrace,betweenLondonandDover,beingspoliation,MrDorritwaswaylaidatDartford,pillagedatGravesend,rifledatRochester,fleecedatSittingbourne,andsackedatCanterbury.However,itbeingtheCourier’sbusinesstogethimoutofthehandsofthebanditti,theCourierbroughthimoffateverystage;andsothered-jacketswentgleamingmerrilyalongthespringlandscape,risingandfallingtoaregularmeasure,betweenMrDorritinhissnugcornerandthenextchalkyriseinthedustyhighway.

           Anotherday’ssunsawhimatCalais.AndhavingnowgottheChannelbetweenhimselfandJohnChivery,hebegantofeelsafe,andtofindthattheforeignairwaslightertobreathethantheairofEngland.

           OnagainbytheheavyFrenchroadsforParis.Havingnowquiterecoveredhisequanimity,MrDorrit,inhissnugcorner,felltocastle-buildingasherodealong.Itwasevidentthathehadaverylargecastleinhand.Alldaylonghewasrunningtowersup,takingtowersdown,addingawinghere,puttingonabattlementthere,lookingtothewalls,strengtheningthedefences,givingornamentaltouchestotheinterior,makinginallrespectsasuperbcastleofit.

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