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Chapter 14. Little Dorrit’s Party

           Sodiminutiveshelooked,sofragileanddefencelessagainstthebleakdampweather,flittingalongintheshufflingshadowofhercharge,thathefelt,inhiscompassion,andinhishabitofconsideringherachildapartfromtherestoftheroughworld,asifhewouldhavebeengladtotakeherupinhisarmsandcarryhertoherjourney’send.

           IncourseoftimeshecameintotheleadingthoroughfarewheretheMarshalseawas,andthenhesawthemslackentheirpace,andsoonturndownaby-street.Hestopped,feltthathehadnorighttogofurther,andslowlyleftthem.Hehadnosuspicionthattheyrananyriskofbeinghouselessuntilmorning;hadnoideaofthetruthuntillong,longafterwards.

           But,saidLittleDorrit,whentheystoppedatapoordwellingallindarkness,andheardnosoundonlisteningatthedoor,‘Now,thisisagoodlodgingforyou,Maggy,andwemustnotgiveoffence.Consequently,wewillonlyknocktwice,andnotveryloud;andifwecannotwakethemso,wemustwalkabouttillday.’

           Once,LittleDorritknockedwithacarefulhand,andlistened.Twice,LittleDorritknockedwithacarefulhand,andlistened.Allwascloseandstill.‘Maggy,wemustdothebestwecan,mydear.Wemustbepatient,andwaitforday.’

           Itwasachilldarknight,withadampwindblowing,whentheycameoutintotheleadingstreetagain,andheardtheclocksstrikehalf-pastone.‘Inonlyfivehoursandahalf,’saidLittleDorrit,‘weshallbeabletogohome.’Tospeakofhome,andtogoandlookatit,itbeingsonear,wasanaturalsequence.

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