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Chapter 25. Conspirators and Others

           EvenashewouldbesparingofhistroubleattheMarshalseadoor,andwouldkeepavisitorwhowantedtogoout,waitingforafewmomentsifhesawanothervisitorcomingdowntheyard,sothatoneturnofthekeyshouldsufficeforboth,similarlyhewouldoftenreservearemarkifheperceivedanotheronitswaytohislips,andwoulddeliverhimselfofthetwotogether.Astoanykeytohisinnerknowledgebeingtobefoundinhisface,theMarshalseakeywasaslegibleasanindextotheindividualcharactersandhistoriesuponwhichitwasturned.

           ThatMrPancksshouldbemovedtoinviteanyonetodinneratPentonville,wasanunprecedentedfactinhiscalendar.ButheinvitedYoungJohntodinner,andevenbroughthimwithinrangeofthedangerous(becauseexpensive)fascinationsofMissRugg.ThebanquetwasappointedforaSunday,andMissRuggwithherownhandsstuffedalegofmuttonwithoystersontheoccasion,andsentittothebaker’s—notthebaker’sbutanoppositionestablishment.Provisionoforanges,apples,andnutswasalsomade.AndrumwasbroughthomebyMrPancksonSaturdaynight,togladdenthevisitor’sheart.

           Thestoreofcreaturecomfortswasnotthechiefpartofthevisitor’sreception.Itsspecialfeaturewasaforegonefamilyconfidenceandsympathy.WhenYoungJohnappearedathalf-pastonewithouttheivoryhandandwaistcoatofgoldensprigs,thesunshornofhisbeamsbydisastrousclouds,MrPanckspresentedhimtotheyellow-hairedRuggsastheyoungmanhehadsooftenmentionedwholovedMissDorrit.

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