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Chapter 14. Little Dorrit’s Party

           

           Andwhy,Clennamasked,asheturnedhiseyesuponthefire,benthisbrows,andconsideredagain;whydidshesupposethat?

           ‘Ihavemethimtwice.Bothtimesnearhome.Bothtimesatnight,whenIwasgoingback.BothtimesIthought(thoughthatmayeasilybemymistake),thathehardlylookedasifhehadmetmebyaccident.’

           ‘Didhesayanything?’

           ‘No;heonlynoddedandputhisheadononeside.’

           ‘Thedeviltakehishead!’musedClennam,stilllookingatthefire;‘it’salwaysononeside.’

           Herousedhimselftopersuadehertoputsomewinetoherlips,andtotouchsomethingtoeat—itwasverydifficult,shewassotimidandshy—andthensaid,musingagain:

           ‘Ismymotheratallchangedtoyou?’

           ‘Oh,notatall.Sheisjustthesame.IwonderedwhetherIhadbettertellhermyhistory.IwonderedwhetherImight—Imean,whetheryouwouldlikemetotellher.Iwondered,’saidLittleDorrit,lookingathiminasuppliantway,andgraduallywithdrawinghereyesashelookedather,‘whetheryouwouldadvisemewhatIoughttodo.’

           ‘LittleDorrit,’saidClennam;andthephrasehadalreadybegun,betweenthesetwo,tostandforahundredgentlephrases,accordingtothevaryingtoneandconnectioninwhichitwasused;‘donothing.Iwillhavesometalkwithmyoldfriend,MrsAffery.Donothing,LittleDorrit—exceptrefreshyourselfwithsuchmeansastherearehere.Ientreatyoutodothat.’

           ‘Thankyou,Iamnothungry.Nor,’saidLittleDorrit,ashesoftlyputherglasstowardsher,‘northirsty.—IthinkMaggymightlikesomething,perhaps.

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