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Arthur being far too ill to be spoken with on subjects of emotion or anxiety, and his recovery greatly depending on the repose into which his weakness could be hushed, Little Dorrit's sole reliance during this heavy period was on Mr Meagles.
But the question is, Mr Meagles's voice here became comfortable again, 'did he, on his way to England last time, leave a box of papers, or a bundle of papers, or some papers or other in some receptacle or other any papers with you: begging you to allow him to leave them here for a short time, until he wanted them? 'The question is? she repeated. 'Whose question is? 'Mine, said Mr Meagles.
'To tell you the truth, returned Mr Meagles, 'it's because I have an addled jumble of a notion on that subject that you found me waiting here.
Austere faces, inexorable discipline, penance in this world and terror in the next nothing graceful or gentle anywhere, and the void in my cowed heart everywhere this was my childhood, if I may so misuse the word as to apply it to such a beginning of life. 'Really though? said Mr Meagles, made very uncomfortable by the picture offered to his imagination. 'That was a tough commencement. But come!
'Did you wish to know, sir, she said, looking at Mr Meagles, 'what Miss Wade wrote to me about? 'Well, Tattycoram, returned Mr Meagles, 'since you ask the question, and we are all friends here, perhaps you may as well mention it, if you are so inclined. 'She knew, when we were travelling, where you lived, said Tattycoram, 'and she had seen me not quite not quite
'This is odd, Clennam, said Mr Meagles, softly. 'Odd enough, assented Clennam in the same tone, 'but we have succeeded; that's the main point. Here's a light coming! The light was a lamp, and the bearer was an old woman: very dirty, very wrinkled and dry.
He had a spectacle-case in his hand, which he turned over and over while he was thus in question, with a certain free use of the thumb that is never seen but in a hand accustomed to tools. 'You keep with us, said Mr Meagles, in a threatening kind of Way, 'and I'll introduce you presently. Now then!
She disengaged herself now, and came to Clennam, and put her hand in his and wished him good morning, and gracefully made as if she would take his arm and be escorted into the house. To this Gowan had no objection. No, he knew he was too safe. Neither it, nor the touch of uneasiness on Mrs Meagles as she directed her eyes towards it, was unobserved by Clennam.
You so belong to the spot, and to them, Arthur, and we should every one of us have been so happy if it had fallen out but, let us see how's the weather for travelling now? Mr Meagles broke off, cleared his throat, and got up to look out of the window.
'Then, ma'am, said Mr Meagles, 'allow me to make known to you that I shall be happy to have her back, and that my wife and daughter will be happy to have her back. She has been with us a long time: we don't forget her claims upon us, and I hope we know how to make allowances. 'You hope to know how to make allowances? she returned, in a level, measured voice. 'For what?
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