Chapter 27. The Pupil of the Marshalsea

           

           Thedaywassunny,andtheMarshalsea,withthehotnoonstrikinguponit,wasunwontedlyquiet.ArthurClennamdroppedintoasolitaryarm-chair,itselfasfadedasanydebtorinthejail,andyieldedhimselftohisthoughts.

           Intheunnaturalpeaceofhavinggonethroughthedreadedarrest,andgotthere,—thefirstchangeoffeelingwhichtheprisonmostcommonlyinduced,andfromwhichdangerousresting-placesomanymenhadslippeddowntothedepthsofdegradationanddisgracebysomanyways,—hecouldthinkofsomepassagesinhislife,almostasifhewereremovedfromthemintoanotherstateofexistence.Takingintoaccountwherehewas,theinterestthathadfirstbroughthimtherewhenhehadbeenfreetokeepaway,andthegentlepresencethatwasequallyinseparablefromthewallsandbarsabouthimandfromtheimpalpableremembrancesofhislaterlifewhichnowallsorbarscouldimprison,itwasnotremarkablethateverythinghismemoryturneduponshouldbringhimroundagaintoLittleDorrit.Yetitwasremarkabletohim;notbecauseofthefactitself,butbecauseofthereminderitbroughtwithit,howmuchthedearlittlecreaturehadinfluencedhisbetterresolutions.

           Noneofusclearlyknowtowhomortowhatweareindebtedinthiswise,untilsomemarkedstopinthewhirlingwheeloflifebringstherightperceptionwithit.Itcomeswithsickness,itcomeswithsorrow,itcomeswiththelossofthedearlyloved,itisoneofthemostfrequentusesofadversity.ItcametoClennaminhisadversity,stronglyandtenderly.

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