Chapter 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations

           

           ThebrothersWilliamandFrederickDorrit,walkingupanddowntheCollege-yard—ofcourseonthearistocraticorPumpside,fortheFathermadeitapointofhisstatetobecharyofgoingamonghischildrenonthePoorside,exceptonSundaymornings,ChristmasDays,andotheroccasionsofceremony,intheobservancewhereofhewasverypunctual,andatwhichtimeshelaidhishandupontheheadsoftheirinfants,andblessedthoseyounginsolventswithabenignitythatwashighlyedifying—thebrothers,walkingupanddowntheCollege-yardtogether,wereamemorablesight.Frederickthefree,wassohumbled,bowed,withered,andfaded;Williamthebond,wassocourtly,condescending,andbenevolentlyconsciousofaposition;thatinthisregardonly,ifinnoother,thebrotherswereaspectacletowonderat.

           TheywalkedupanddowntheyardontheeveningofLittleDorrit’sSundayinterviewwithherloverontheIronBridge.Thecaresofstatewereoverforthatday,theDrawingRoomhadbeenwellattended,severalnewpresentationshadtakenplace,thethree-and-sixpenceaccidentallyleftonthetablehadaccidentallyincreasedtotwelveshillings,andtheFatheroftheMarshalsearefreshedhimselfwithawhiffofcigar.Ashewalkedupanddown,affablyaccommodatinghissteptotheshuffleofhisbrother,notproudinhissuperiority,butconsiderateofthatpoorcreature,bearingwithhim,andbreathingtolerationofhisinfirmitiesineverylittlepuffofsmokethatissuedfromhislipsandaspiredtogetoverthespikedwall,hewasasighttowonderat.

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