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Chapter 27. Five-and-Twenty

           Dutyonearth,restitutiononearth,actiononearth;thesefirst,asthefirststeepstepsupward.Straitwasthegateandnarrowwastheway;farstraiterandnarrowerthanthebroadhighroadpavedwithvainprofessionsandvainrepetitions,motesfromothermen’seyesandliberaldeliveryofotherstothejudgment—allcheapmaterialscostingabsolutelynothing.

           No.Itwasnotaselfishfearorhesitationthatrenderedhimuneasy,butamistrustlestPancksmightnotobservehispartoftheunderstandingbetweenthem,and,makinganydiscovery,mighttakesomecourseuponitwithoutimpartingittohim.Ontheotherhand,whenherecalledhisconversationwithPancks,andthelittlereasonhehadtosupposethattherewasanylikelihoodofthatstrangepersonagebeingonthattrackatall,thereweretimeswhenhewonderedthathemadesomuchofit.Labouringinthissea,asallbarkslabourincrossseas,hetossedaboutandcametonohaven.

           TheremovalofLittleDorritherselffromtheircustomaryassociation,didnotmendthematter.Shewassomuchout,andsomuchinherownroom,thathebegantomissherandtofindablankinherplace.Hehadwrittentohertoinquireifshewerebetter,andshehadwrittenback,verygratefullyandearnestlytellinghimnottobeuneasyonherbehalf,forshewasquitewell;buthehadnotseenher,forwhat,intheirintercourse,wasalongtime.

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