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Chapter 20. Moving in Society

           Heresheis!’

           Shewantedtoseehersister,butwhenshegotroundtoMrCripples’s,shefoundthatbothhersisterandherunclehadgonetothetheatrewheretheywereengaged.Havingtakenthoughtofthisprobabilitybytheway,andhavingsettledthatinsuchcaseshewouldfollowthem,shesetoffafreshforthetheatre,whichwasonthatsideoftheriver,andnotveryfaraway.

           LittleDorritwasalmostasignorantofthewaysoftheatresasofthewaysofgoldmines,andwhenshewasdirectedtoafurtivesortofdoor,withacuriousup-all-nightairaboutit,thatappearedtobeashamedofitselfandtobehidinginanalley,shehesitatedtoapproachit;beingfurtherdeterredbythesightofsomehalf-dozenclose-shavedgentlemenwiththeirhatsverystrangelyon,whowereloungingaboutthedoor,lookingnotatallunlikeCollegians.Onherapplyingtothem,reassuredbythisresemblance,foradirectiontoMissDorrit,theymadewayforhertoenteradarkhall—itwasmorelikeagreatgrimlampgoneoutthananythingelse—whereshecouldhearthedistantplayingofmusicandthesoundofdancingfeet.Amansomuchinwantofairingthathehadabluemoulduponhim,satwatchingthisdarkplacefromaholeinacorner,likeaspider;andhetoldherthathewouldsendamessageuptoMissDorritbythefirstladyorgentlemanwhowentthrough.Thefirstladywhowentthroughhadarollofmusic,halfinhermuffandhalfoutofit,andwasinsuchatumbledconditionaltogether,thatitseemedasifitwouldbeanactofkindnesstoironher.

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