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Chapter 27. The Pupil of the Marshalsea

           

           TheroomwassoeloquenttoClennaminthechangedcircumstancesofhisreturntothemiserableMarshalsea;itspoketohimsomournfullyofher,andofhislossofher;thatitwouldhavegonehardwithhimtoresistit,eventhoughhehadnotbeenalone.Alone,hedidnottry.Hehadhishandontheinsensiblewallastenderlyasifithadbeenherselfthathetouched,andpronouncedhernameinalowvoice.Hestoodatthewindow,lookingovertheprison-parapetwithitsgrimspikedborder,andbreathedabenedictionthroughthesummerhazetowardsthedistantlandwhereshewasrichandprosperous.

           YoungJohnwassometimeabsent,and,whenhecameback,showedthathehadbeenoutsidebybringingwithhimfreshbutterinacabbageleaf,somethinslicesofboiledhaminanothercabbageleaf,andalittlebasketofwater-cressesandsaladherbs.Whenthesewerearrangeduponthetabletohissatisfaction,theysatdowntotea.

           Clennamtriedtodohonourtothemeal,butunavailingly.Thehamsickenedhim,thebreadseemedtoturntosandinhismouth.Hecouldforcenothinguponhimselfbutacupoftea.

           ‘Tryalittlesomethinggreen,’saidYoungJohn,handinghimthebasket.

           Hetookasprigorsoofwater-cress,andtriedagain;butthebreadturnedtoaheaviersandthanbefore,andtheham(thoughitwasgoodenoughofitself)seemedtoblowafaintsimoomofhamthroughthewholeMarshalsea.

           ‘Tryalittlemoresomethinggreen,sir,’saidYoungJohn;andagainhandedthebasket.

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