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Chapter 12. Bleeding Heart Yard

           

           DownintotheYard,bywayofthesteps,cameDanielDoyce,MrMeagles,andClennam.PassingalongtheYard,andbetweentheopendoorsoneitherhand,allabundantlygarnishedwithlightchildrennursingheavyones,theyarrivedatitsoppositeboundary,thegateway.HereArthurClennamstoppedtolookabouthimforthedomicileofPlornish,plasterer,whosename,accordingtothecustomofLondoners,DanielDoycehadneverseenorheardoftothathour.

           Itwasplainenough,nevertheless,asLittleDorrithadsaid;overalime-splashedgatewayinthecorner,withinwhichPlornishkeptaladderandabarrelortwo.ThelasthouseinBleedingHeartYardwhichshehaddescribedashisplaceofhabitation,wasalargehouse,letofftovarioustenants;butPlornishingeniouslyhintedthathelivedintheparlour,bymeansofapaintedhandunderhisname,theforefingerofwhichhand(onwhichtheartisthaddepictedaringandamostelaboratenailofthegenteelestform)referredallinquirerstothatapartment.

           Partingfromhiscompanions,afterarranginganothermeetingwithMrMeagles,Clennamwentaloneintotheentry,andknockedwithhisknucklesattheparlour-door.Itwasopenedpresentlybyawomanwithachildinherarms,whoseunoccupiedhandwashastilyrearrangingtheupperpartofherdress.ThiswasMrsPlornish,andthismaternalactionwastheactionofMrsPlornishduringalargepartofherwakingexistence.

           WasMrPlornishathome?‘Well,sir,’saidMrsPlornish,acivilwoman,‘nottodeceiveyou,he’sgonetolookforajob.

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