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Chapter 17. Missing

           himselfsaidfrequentlythatalthoughwelleducatedintheneighbourhoodofBlackheathatashighaseightyguineaswhichisagooddealforparentsandtheplatekeptbacktooongoingawaybutthatismoreameannessthanitsvaluethathehadlearntmoreinhisfirstyearsasacommercialtravellerwithalargecommissiononthesaleofanarticlethatnobodywouldhearofmuchlessbuywhichprecededthewinetradealongtimethaninthewholesixyearsinthatacademyconductedbyacollegeBachelor,thoughwhyaBachelormorecleverthanamarriedmanIdonotseeandneverdidbutprayexcusemethatisnotthepoint.’

           MrDorritstoodrootedtothecarpet,astatueofmystification.

           ‘ImustopenlyadmitthatIhavenopretensions,’saidFlora,‘buthavingknownthedearlittlethingwhichunderalteredcircumstancesappearsalibertybutisnotsointendedandGoodnessknowstherewasnofavourinhalf-a-crowna-daytosuchaneedleasherselfbutquitetheotherwayandastoanythingloweringinitfarfromitthelabourerisworthyofhishireandIamsureIonlywishhegotitoftenerandmoreanimalfoodandlessrheumatisminthebackandlegspoorsoul.’

           ‘Madam,’saidMrDorrit,recoveringhisbreathbyagreateffort,astherelictofthelateMrFinchingstoppedtotakehers;‘madam,’saidMrDorrit,veryredintheface,‘ifIunderstandyoutoreferto—ha—toanythingintheantecedentsof—hum—adaughterofmine,involving—hahum—dailycompensation,madam,Ibegtoobservethatthe—ha—fact,assumingit—ha—tobefact,neverwaswithinmyknowledge.Hum.

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