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Chapter 24. Fortune-Telling

           Shewasaoldandadearfriend,shesaidparticular,ofMrClennam,andhopedfortoproveherselfausefulfriendtohisfriend.Themwasherwords.WishingtoknowwhetherMissDorritcouldcometo-morrowmorning,IsaidIwouldseeyou,Miss,andinquire,andlookroundthereto-night,tosayyes,or,ifyouwasengagedto-morrow,when?’

           ‘Icangoto-morrow,thankyou,’saidLittleDorrit.‘Thisisverykindofyou,butyouarealwayskind.’

           MrPlornish,withamodestdisavowalofhismerits,openedtheroomdoorforherreadmission,andfollowedherinwithsuchanexceedinglybaldpretenceofnothavingbeenoutatall,thatherfathermighthaveobserveditwithoutbeingverysuspicious.Inhisaffableunconsciousness,however,hetooknoheed.Plornish,afteralittleconversation,inwhichheblendedhisformerdutyasaCollegianwithhispresentprivilegeasahumbleoutsidefriend,qualifiedagainbyhislowestateasaplasterer,tookhisleave;makingthetouroftheprisonbeforeheleft,andlookingonatagameofskittleswiththemixedfeelingsofanoldinhabitantwhohadhisprivatereasonsforbelievingthatitmightbehisdestinytocomebackagain.

           Earlyinthemorning,LittleDorrit,leavingMaggyinhighdomestictrust,setoffforthePatriarchaltent.ShewentbytheIronBridge,thoughitcostherapenny,andwalkedmoreslowlyinthatpartofherjourneythaninanyother.AtfiveminutesbeforeeightherhandwasonthePatriarchalknocker,whichwasquiteashighasshecouldreach.

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