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Chapter 14. Little Dorrit’s Party

           AndifMrClennamwasoneofourvisitors,andweweredancingtodelightfulmusic,andwereallasgayandlight-heartedaseverwecouldbe!Iwonder—’Suchavistaofwonderopenedoutbeforeher,thatshesatlookingupatthestars,quitelost,untilMaggywasquerulousagain,andwantedtogetupandwalk.

           Threeo’clock,andhalf-pastthree,andtheyhadpassedoverLondonBridge.Theyhadheardtherushofthetideagainstobstacles;andlookeddown,awed,throughthedarkvapourontheriver;hadseenlittlespotsoflightedwaterwherethebridgelampswerereflected,shininglikedemoneyes,withaterriblefascinationinthemforguiltandmisery.Theyhadshrunkpasthomelesspeople,lyingcoiledupinnooks.Theyhadrunfromdrunkards.Theyhadstartedfromslinkingmen,whistlingandsigningtooneanotheratbyecorners,orrunningawayatfullspeed.Thougheverywheretheleaderandtheguide,LittleDorrit,happyforonceinheryouthfulappearance,feignedtoclingtoandrelyuponMaggy.Andmorethanoncesomevoice,fromamongaknotofbrawlingorprowlingfiguresintheirpath,hadcalledouttotherestto‘letthewomanandthechildgoby!’

           So,thewomanandthechildhadgoneby,andgoneon,andfivehadsoundedfromthesteeples.Theywerewalkingslowlytowardstheeast,alreadylookingforthefirstpalestreakofday,whenawomancameafterthem.

           ‘Whatareyoudoingwiththechild?’shesaidtoMaggy.

           Shewasyoung—fartooyoungtobethere,Heavenknows!—andneitheruglynorwicked-looking.

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