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Chapter 18. Little Dorrit’s Lover

           Good-bye!’

           Andsohelefther:firstobservingthatshesatdownonthecornerofaseat,andnotonlyrestedherlittlehandupontheroughwall,butlaidherfaceagainstittoo,asifherheadwereheavy,andhermindweresad.

           Itwasanaffectingillustrationofthefallacyofhumanprojects,tobeholdherlover,withthegreathatpulledoverhiseyes,thevelvetcollarturnedupasifitrained,theplum-colouredcoatbuttonedtoconcealthesilkenwaistcoatofgoldensprigs,andthelittledirection-postpointinginexorablyhome,creepingalongbytheworstback-streets,andcomposing,ashewent,thefollowingnewinscriptionforatombstoneinStGeorge’sChurchyard:

           ‘HereliethemortalremainsOfJOHNCHIVERY,Neveranythingworthmentioning,Whodiedabouttheendoftheyearonethousandeighthundredandtwenty-six,Ofabrokenheart,RequestingwithhislastbreaththatthewordAMYmightbeinscribedoverhisashes,whichwasaccordinglydirectedtobedone,ByhisafflictedParents.’

           

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