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Chapter 31. Spirit

           

           Whentheyweregone,theFatheroftheMarshalseawasatfirstinclinedtosinkintodespondencyagain,andwouldhavedoneso,butthatagentlemanopportunelycameupwithinaminuteortwotoattendhimtotheSnuggery.ItwasthegentlemanClennamhadseenonthenightofhisownaccidentaldetentionthere,whohadthatimpalpablegrievanceaboutthemisappropriatedFundonwhichtheMarshalwassupposedtobatten.HepresentedhimselfasdeputationtoescorttheFathertotheChair,itbeinganoccasiononwhichhehadpromisedtopresideovertheassembledCollegiansintheenjoymentofalittleHarmony.

           ‘Such,yousee,MrClennam,’saidtheFather,‘aretheincongruitiesofmypositionhere.Butapublicduty!Noman,Iamsure,wouldmorereadilyrecogniseapublicdutythanyourself.’

           Clennambesoughthimnottodelayamoment.

           ‘Amy,mydear,ifyoucanpersuadeMrClennamtostaylonger,Icanleavethehonoursofourpoorapologyforanestablishmentwithconfidenceinyourhands,andperhapsyoumaydosomethingtowardserasingfromMrClennam’smindthe—ha—untowardandunpleasantcircumstancewhichhasoccurredsincetea-time.’

           Clennamassuredhimthatithadmadenoimpressiononhismind,andthereforerequirednoerasure.

           ‘Mydearsir,’saidtheFather,witharemovalofhisblackcapandagraspofClennam’shand,combiningtoexpressthesafereceiptofhisnoteandenclosurethatafternoon,‘Heaveneverblessyou!’

           So,atlast,Clennam’spurposeinremainingwasattained,andhecouldspeaktoLittleDorritwithnobodyby.Maggycountedasnobody,andshewasby.

           

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