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Hearing the Last of it

           Shehadneverbeenwellwithinherdaughter’sknowledge;but,shehaddeclinedwithinthelastfewdays,hadcontinuedsinkingallthroughthenight,andwasnowasnearlydead,asherlimitedcapacityofbeinginanystatethatimpliedtheghostofanintentiontogetoutofit,allowed.

           Accompaniedbythelightestofporters,fitcolourlessservitoratDeath’sdoorwhenMrs.Gradgrindknocked,LouisarumbledtoCoketown,overthecoal-pitspastandpresent,andwaswhirledintoitssmokyjaws.Shedismissedthemessengertohisowndevices,androdeawaytoheroldhome.

           Shehadseldombeentheresincehermarriage.Herfatherwasusuallysiftingandsiftingathisparliamentarycinder-heapinLondon(withoutbeingobservedtoturnupmanypreciousarticlesamongtherubbish),andwasstillhardatitinthenationaldust-yard.Hermotherhadtakenitratherasadisturbancethanotherwise,tobevisited,asshereclineduponhersofa;youngpeople,Louisafeltherselfallunfitfor;Sissyshehadneversoftenedtoagain,sincethenightwhenthestroller’schildhadraisedhereyestolookatMr.Bounderby’sintendedwife.Shehadnoinducementstogoback,andhadrarelygone.

           Neither,assheapproachedheroldhomenow,didanyofthebestinfluencesofoldhomedescenduponher.

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