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Chapter 29. A Plea in the Marshalsea

           

           WithCavallettoandPancksaway,hehadnovisitorstofearbutMrandMrsPlornish.Hisanxiety,inreferencetothatworthypair,wasthattheyshouldnotcomenearhim;for,inthemorbidstateofhisnerves,hesoughttobeleftalone,andsparedthebeingseensosubduedandweak.HewroteanotetoMrsPlornishrepresentinghimselfasoccupiedwithhisaffairs,andboundbythenecessityofdevotinghimselftothem,toremainforatimeevenwithoutthepleasantinterruptionofasightofherkindface.AstoYoungJohn,wholookedindailyatacertainhour,whentheturnkeyswererelieved,toaskifhecoulddoanythingforhim;healwaysmadeapretenceofbeingengagedinwriting,andtoanswercheerfullyinthenegative.Thesubjectoftheironlylongconversationhadneverbeenrevivedbetweenthem.Throughallthesechangesofunhappiness,however,ithadneverlostitsholdonClennam’smind.

           Thesixthdayoftheappointedweekwasamoist,hot,mistyday.Itseemedasthoughtheprison’spoverty,andshabbiness,anddirt,weregrowinginthesultryatmosphere.Withanachingheadandawearyheart,Clennamhadwatchedthemiserablenightout,listeningtothefallofrainontheyardpavement,thinkingofitssofterfalluponthecountryearth.Ablurredcircleofyellowhazehadrisenupintheskyinlieuofsun,andhehadwatchedthepatchitputuponhiswall,likeabitoftheprison’sraggedness.Hehadheardthegatesopen;andthebadlyshodfeetthatwaitedoutsideshufflein;andthesweeping,andpumping,andmovingabout,begin,whichcommencedtheprisonmorning.

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