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Arthur, my dear fellow, confess at once that you expected me before. 'I did, said Arthur; 'but Amy told me 'Little Dorrit. But my Little Dorrit told me that, without asking for any further explanation, I was not to expect you until I saw you. 'And now you see me, my boy, said Mr Meagles, shaking him by the hand stoutly; 'and now you shall have any explanation and every explanation.
Cards of breakfast-invitation were sent out to half the English in the city of Romulus; the other half made arrangements to be under arms, as criticising volunteers, at various outer points of the solemnity. The best hotel and all its culinary myrmidons, were set to work to prepare the feast. The drafts of Mr Dorrit almost constituted a run on the Torlonia Bank.
It will be much better for you, and much better for others, if you will do that instead of what you are doing now. Young John dolefully protested that he would try to bear it in mind, and would be heartily glad to do anything she wished. 'As to me, said Little Dorrit, 'think as little of me as you can; the less, the better.
Arthur, still having his purpose, still remained. At this time the door opened, without any notice, and Mr Tip came in. He kissed Amy as she started up to meet him, nodded to Fanny, nodded to his father, gloomed on the visitor without further recognition, and sat down. 'Tip, dear, said Little Dorrit, mildly, shocked by this, 'don't you see 'Yes, I see, Amy.
For this gentleman, when his fortunes changed, had stood at the great advantage of being already prepared for the highest associates, and having little to learn: so much was he indebted to the happy accidents which had made him acquainted with horse-dealing and billiard-marking. At breakfast, Mr Frederick Dorrit likewise appeared.
Whereas, the Sparkler question was on the different footing that any one could see what was going on there, and Little Dorrit saw it and pondered on it with many doubts and wonderings. The devotion of Mr Sparkler was only to be equalled by the caprice and cruelty of his enslaver.
Mr Dorrit welcomed the visitor with the highest urbanity, and most courtly manners. He inquired particularly after Mrs Merdle. He inquired particularly after Mr Merdle.
If Mrs Affery had had any will or way of her own, it would probably have been unfavourable to Little Dorrit. But as 'them two clever ones' Mrs Affery's perpetual reference, in whom her personality was swallowed up were agreed to accept Little Dorrit as a matter of course, she had nothing for it but to follow suit.
This is close to Bleeding Heart Yard, referred to in "Little Dorrit," and easily recalled by any reader of Dickens. In Cross Street there is an old charity school, with stuccoed figures of a charity boy and girl on the frontage. The Caledonian School was formerly in this street; it was removed to its present situation in 1828.
The wind blew roughly, the wet squalls came rattling past them, skimming the pools on the road and pavement, and raining them down into the river. The clouds raced on furiously in the lead-Coloured sky, the smoke and mist raced after them, the dark tide ran fierce and strong in the same direction. Little Dorrit seemed the least, the quietest, and weakest of Heaven's creatures.
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