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Chapter 20. Moving in Society

           Thefeelinghadneverinducedhimtospareheramoment’suneasiness,ortoputhimselftoanyrestraintorinconvenienceonheraccount;butwiththatMarshalseataintuponhislove,helovedher.ThesamerankMarshalseaflavourwastoberecognisedinhisdistinctlyperceivingthatshesacrificedherlifetoherfather,andinhishavingnoideathatshehaddoneanythingforhimself.

           WhenthisspiritedyoungmanandhissisterhadbegunsystematicallytoproducethefamilyskeletonfortheoverawingoftheCollege,thisnarrativecannotpreciselystate.ProbablyatabouttheperiodwhentheybegantodineontheCollegecharity.Itiscertainthatthemorereducedandnecessitoustheywere,themorepompouslytheskeletonemergedfromitstomb;andthatwhentherewasanythingparticularlyshabbyinthewind,theskeletonalwayscameoutwiththeghastliestflourish.

           LittleDorritwaslateontheMondaymorning,forherfathersleptlate,andafterwardstherewashisbreakfasttoprepareandhisroomtoarrange.Shehadnoengagementtogoouttowork,however,andthereforestayedwithhimuntil,withMaggy’shelp,shehadputeverythingrightabouthim,andhadseenhimoffuponhismorningwalk(oftwentyyardsorso)tothecoffee-housetoreadthepaper.Shethengotonherbonnetandwentout,havingbeenanxioustogetoutmuchsooner.Therewas,asusual,acessationofthesmall-talkintheLodgeasshepassedthroughit;andaCollegianwhohadcomeinonSaturdaynight,receivedtheintimationfromtheelbowofamoreseasonedCollegian,‘Lookout.

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