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Chapter 31. Closed

           But,havingregardedhim,andstillfindingthatyoumaysparemeforthelittletimeIshallremainonearth,willyoudoit?’

           ‘Iwill.’

           ‘GODblessyou!’

           ShestoodintheshadowsothatshewasonlyaveiledformtoLittleDorritinthelight;butthesoundofhervoice,insayingthosethreegratefulwords,wasatonceferventandbroken—brokenbyemotionasunfamiliartoherfrozeneyesasactiontoherfrozenlimbs.

           ‘Youwillwonder,perhaps,’shesaidinastrongertone,‘thatIcanbetterbeartobeknowntoyouwhomIhavewronged,thantothesonofmyenemywhowrongedme.—Forshedidwrongme!ShenotonlysinnedgrievouslyagainsttheLord,butshewrongedme.WhatArthur’sfatherwastome,shemadehim.FromourmarriagedayIwashisdread,andthatshemademe.Iwasthescourgeofboth,andthatisreferabletoher.YouloveArthur(Icanseetheblushuponyourface;mayitbethedawnofhappierdaystobothofyou!),andyouwillhavethoughtalreadythatheisasmercifulandkindasyou,andwhydoInottrustmyselftohimassoonastoyou.Haveyounotthoughtso?’

           ‘Nothought,’saidLittleDorrit,‘canbequiteastrangertomyheart,thatspringsoutoftheknowledgethatMrClennamisalwaystoberelieduponforbeingkindandgenerousandgood.’

           ‘Idonotdoubtit.YetArthuris,ofthewholeworld,theonepersonfromwhomIwouldconcealthis,whileIaminit.Ikeptoverhimasachild,inthedaysofhisfirstremembrance,myrestrainingandcorrectinghand.

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