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Chapter 17. Missing

           Iseethenamementionedhere,inconnectionwiththeoccupationofthehousewhichMonsieurBlandoiswasseentoenter:whoisClennamandCo.?IsittheindividualofwhomIhadformerly—hum—some—ha—slighttransitoryknowledge,andtowhomIbelieveyouhavereferred?Isit—ha—thatperson?’

           ‘It’saverydifferentpersonindeed,’repliedFlora,‘withnolimbsandwheelsinsteadandthegrimmestofwomenthoughhismother.’

           ‘ClennamandCo.a—hum—amother!’exclaimedMrDorrit.

           ‘Andanoldmanbesides,’saidFlora.

           MrDorritlookedasifhemustimmediatelybedrivenoutofhismindbythisaccount.NeitherwasitrenderedmorefavourabletosanitybyFlora’sdashingintoarapidanalysisofMrFlintwinch’scravat,anddescribinghim,withoutthelightestboundarylineofseparationbetweenhisidentityandMrsClennam’s,asarustyscrewingaiters.Whichcompoundofmanandwoman,nolimbs,wheels,rustyscrew,grimness,andgaiters,socompletelystupefiedMrDorrit,thathewasaspectacletobepitied.

           ‘ButIwouldnotdetainyouonemomentlonger,’saidFlora,uponwhomhisconditionwroughtitseffect,thoughshewasquiteunconsciousofhavingproducedit,‘ifyouwouldhavethegoodnesstogiveyourpromiseasagentlemanthatbothingoingbacktoItalyandinItalytooyouwouldlookforthisMrBlandoishighandlowandifyoufoundorheardofhimmakehimcomeforwardfortheclearingofallparties.’

           BythattimeMrDorrithadsofarrecoveredfromhisbewilderment,astobeabletosay,inatolerablyconnectedmanner,thatheshouldconsiderthathisduty.

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