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Chapter 13. The Progress of an Epidemic

           

           MrPancks,inwhomtheseimpersonalcomplimentsproducedanirresistiblesheepishness,neverralliedaftersuchacharge.HecouldonlybitehisnailsandpuffawaytothenextDefaulter.TheresponsiveBleedingHeartswouldthengatherroundtheDefaulterwhomhehadjustabandoned,andthemostextravagantrumourswouldcirculateamongthem,totheirgreatcomfort,touchingtheamountofMrMerdle’sreadymoney.

           Fromoneofthemanysuchdefeatsofoneofmanyrent-days,MrPancks,havingfinishedhisday’scollection,repairedwithhisnote-bookunderhisarmtoMrsPlornish’scorner.MrPancks’sobjectwasnotprofessional,butsocial.Hehadhadatryingday,andwantedalittlebrightening.BythistimehewasonfriendlytermswiththePlornishfamily,havingoftenlookedinuponthematsimilarseasons,andbornehispartinrecollectionsofMissDorrit.

           MrsPlornish’sshop-parlourhadbeendecoratedunderherowneye,andpresented,onthesidetowardstheshop,alittlefictioninwhichMrsPlornishunspeakablyrejoiced.Thispoeticalheighteningoftheparlourconsistedinthewallbeingpaintedtorepresenttheexteriorofathatchedcottage;theartisthavingintroduced(inaseffectiveamannerashefoundcompatiblewiththeirhighlydisproportionatedimensions)therealdoorandwindow.Themodestsunflowerandhollyhockweredepictedasflourishingwithgreatluxurianceonthisrusticdwelling,whileaquantityofdensesmokeissuingfromthechimneyindicatedgoodcheerwithin,andalso,perhaps,thatithadnotbeenlatelyswept.

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