Chapter 24. Fortune-Telling

           

           LittleDorritreceivedacallthatsameeveningfromMrPlornish,who,havingintimatedthathewishedtospeaktoherprivately,inaseriesofcoughssoverynoticeableastofavourtheideathatherfather,asregardedherseamstressoccupation,wasanillustrationoftheaxiomthattherearenosuchstone-blindmenasthosewhowillnotsee,obtainedanaudiencewithheronthecommonstaircaseoutsidethedoor.

           ‘There’sbeenaladyatourplaceto-day,MissDorrit,’Plornishgrowled,‘andanotheronealongwithherasisaoldwixenifeverImetwithsuch.Thewayshesnappedaperson’sheadoff,dearme!’

           ThemildPlornishwasatfirstquiteunabletogethismindawayfromMrF.‘sAunt.‘For,’saidhe,toexcusehimself,‘sheis,Idoassureyou,thewinegariestparty.’

           Atlength,byagreateffort,hedetachedhimselffromthesubjectsufficientlytoobserve:

           ‘Butshe’sneitherherenortherejustatpresent.Theotherlady,she’sMrCasby’sdaughter;andifMrCasbyan’twelloff,nonebetter,itan’tthroughanyfaultofPancks.For,astoPancks,hedoes,hereallydoes,hedoesindeed!’

           MrPlornish,afterhisusualmanner,wasalittleobscure,butconscientiouslyemphatic.

           ‘Andwhatshecometoourplacefor,’hepursued,‘wastoleavewordthatifMissDorritwouldstepuptothatcard—whichit’sMrCasby’shousethatis,andPanckshehasaofficeattheback,wherehereallydoes,beyondbelief—shewouldbegladfortoengageher.

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