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Chapter 6. The Father of the Marshalsea

           

           ‘Doyouthink,sir,’heaskedtheturnkey,‘thatshewillbeverymuchshocked,ifsheshouldcometothegateto-morrowmorning?’

           Theturnkeygaveitastheresultofhisexperiencethatsomeof‘emwasandsomeof‘emwasn’t.Ingeneral,morenothanyes.‘Whatlikeisshe,yousee?’hephilosophicallyasked:‘that’swhatithingeson.’

           ‘Sheisverydelicateandinexperiencedindeed.’

           ‘That,’saidtheturnkey,‘isagenher.’

           ‘Sheissolittleusedtogooutalone,’saidthedebtor,‘thatIamatalosstothinkhowshewillevermakeherwayhere,ifshewalks.’

           ‘P’raps,’quoththeturnkey,‘she’lltakeaackneycoach.’

           ‘Perhaps.’Theirresolutefingerswenttothetremblinglip.‘Ihopeshewill.Shemaynotthinkofit.’

           ‘Orp’raps,’saidtheturnkey,offeringhissuggestionsfromthethetopofhiswell-wornwoodenstool,ashemighthaveofferedthemtoachildforwhoseweaknesshefeltacompassion,‘p’rapsshe’llgetherbrother,orhersister,tocomealongwithher.’

           ‘Shehasnobrotherorsister.’

           ‘Niece,nevy,cousin,serwant,young‘ooman,greengrocer.—Dashit!Oneoranotheron‘em,’saidtheturnkey,repudiatingbeforehandtherefusalofallhissuggestions.

           ‘Ifear—Ihopeitisnotagainsttherules—thatshewillbringthechildren.’

           ‘Thechildren?’saidtheturnkey.‘Andtherules?Why,lordsetyouuplikeacornerpin,we’veareg’larplaygroundo’childrenhere.Children!Whyweswarmwith‘em.

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