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Chapter 13. The Progress of an Epidemic

           However,nomorewassaidaboutit,thoughmuchappearedtobethoughtonallsides:bynomeansexceptingthetwoyoungPlornishes,whopartookoftheeveningmealasiftheireatingthebreadandbutterwererenderedalmostsuperfluousbythepainfulprobabilityoftheworstofmenshortlypresentinghimselfforthepurposeofeatingthem.MrBaptist,bydegreesbegantochirpalittle;butneverstirredfromtheseathehadtakenbehindthedoorandclosetothewindow,thoughitwasnothisusualplace.Asoftenasthelittlebellrang,hestartedandpeepedoutsecretly,withtheendofthelittlecurtaininhishandandtherestbeforehisface;evidentlynotatallsatisfiedbutthatthemanhedreadedhadtrackedhimthroughallhisdoublingsandturnings,withthecertaintyofaterriblebloodhound.

           Theentrance,atvarioustimes,oftwoorthreecustomersandofMrPlornish,gaveMrBaptistjustenoughofthisemploymenttokeeptheattentionofthecompanyfixeduponhim.Teawasover,andthechildrenwereabed,andMrsPlornishwasfeelingherwaytothedutifulproposalthatherfathershouldfavourthemwithChloe,whenthebellrangagain,andMrClennamcamein.

           Clennamhadbeenporinglateoverhisbooksandletters;forthewaiting-roomsoftheCircumlocutionOfficeravagedhistimesorely.Overandabovethat,hewasdepressedandmadeuneasybythelateoccurrenceathismother’s.Helookedwornandsolitary.Hefeltso,too;but,nevertheless,wasreturninghomefromhiscounting-housebythatendoftheYardtogivethemtheintelligencethathehadreceivedanotherletterfromMissDorrit.

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