"Subtitles by Seglora" "It seems said it's nobody's fault but everybody knows they suffer from it or they know someone who suffers from it in some way or other but nobody knows who is to blame for it" "It's nobody's fault,Sir" "But Buzzolen's porter" "I beg you pardon,Sir,wish to see the room?" "Yes,please" "Get the chambermaid" "You must find everything much changed after being away so long,Mr Clennam" "Twenty years" "Had enough deaths" "I mean the bells haven't changed" "Oh,how I hated Sundays" "So you have lived in China for twenty years,do tell me if it is true that in the Kyonang Region, tea is collected,as I read by irritating the monkeys living in the cliffs about the tea trees so that.." "I am afraid I don't know about that, I lived mostly in Canton" "Working in my father's business, engaged in bookkeeping and so forth" "So I have seen very little" "Is Canton,I beg you pardon, I'm very fond of reading,you see particularly travel books" "I know very little,I was sent out there when I was very young" "I hated my work and I have had little freedom to go about" "Until my father's death a year ago" "And where will you go next?" "I don't know" "Such a way from strayer I am able to drift anywhere" "I suppose I'm going home" "Home" "I'm the only child of parents who weighed, measured and priced everything" "Their very religion was a gloomy sacrifice" "Often as a part of a bargain for their security of their positions" "Austere faces" "Inexorable discipline" "Nothing graceful" "Gentle anywhere" "No" "Yes,I suppose I'm going home" "Chambermaid waiting to show room,Sir" "I'm sorry,I wasn't thinking,I'm going home" "Indeed,Sir" "Chambermaid!" "Gentleman booked number seven, not sleep here,go home." "Arthur,you are come home,step in" "Your figure is filled out but you don't come up to your father, not in my opinion." "Nor your mother" "How is my mother?" "She is as always is now,keeps her room" "Hardly been out of it for last fifteen years" "I doubt whether your mother would approve of you coming home on the Sabbath,Arthur" "You wouldn't have me go away again,Flintwinch" "I?" "I'm not master here, it is not what I would have" "Would you tell her that I've come home?" "To be sure!" "I'll tell her that you have come home" "Please to wait" "I'll tell her that you have come home" "Cold" "Come Arthur,I'll light you" "Mother" "This is a change from your old active habits" "The world has narrowed to these dimensions, Arthur" "It is well for me that I never set heart upon its hollow vanities" "You never leave this room,mother?" "I have gradually lost the use of my limbs" "I have not been outside this door for--tell him for how long" "A dozen year next Christmas" "Is that Affery?" "Yes,Arthur" "It's Affery" "It is a bad night, is it not?" "Yes,mother" "Does it snow?" "Snow,mother?" "It's September" "All seasons are alike to me" "I know nothing of summer or winter,shut up here" "The Lord has been pleased to put me beyond all that" "Mother" "The subject on which my father showed much anxiety" "In his last illness, in fact at his very last" "He expressed this wish" "He tried to open it but he could only lay his hand upon it and say,very indistinctly to me" "Your mother" "After father's death I opened it myself thinking it might be some memorandum there" "There is nothing only this watch-paper worked in silks with his initials upon it" "The name that" "Do not forget" "No more business on this day" "Affery, it is eight o'clock" "Thus said the Lord" "Behold I will raise up against Babylon and against them that dwell amidst of them that drives up against Me" "A destroying wind" "And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons an astonishment" "and an hissing,without an inhabitant" "With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman" "and with thee will I break in pieces the old and young and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid" "And I will render until Babylon and to all those inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done, saith the LORD" "Good Night,Arthur" "Affery will see to your room" "Thank you,Mother" "Good Night,Mother" "Do you want some supper?" "No, Affery, no supper" "You shall if you like,there's her tomorrow's partridge say the word and I'll cook it" "I've dined already,I don't want anything" "Now, Affery, woman, what are you doing?" "Make his bed,stir yourself" "Yes,Jeremiah" "Have something to drink?" "You shall have some of her port, if you like" "I shall tell Jeremiah that you ordered me to bring it you" "You know,I don't want anything,Affery" "Affery,you weren't married when I went away" "No" "How did it happen?" "Jeremiah,of course,how could I help it,say?" "What do you mean?" "It was no doing of mine" "Oh!" "he's a clever one!" "Well?" "Well" "He says to me afterwards, you and me we must be married" "She's failing in health, and would need constant attendance" "And it'll be more convenient so if you'll put your bonnet next Monday at eight, we'll get it over with" "Well?" "Well,the same day,she spoke to me and she said "Affery,I understand you and Jeremiah are going to be married,I'm glad, and so are you" "with reason,he is a good man"" "What could I say when it had come to that?" "Why?" "If it had been a smothering instead of a wedding" "I couldn't have said a word upon it, not against them two clever ones" "It was my mother's project too?" "But Arthur,there's no reason because that I am afraid of my love,that you should be" "You've got half the property,haven't you?" "Yes,what else?" "Don't you be cowed" "She is awful clever" "None but the clever one dare say a word to her" "But he gives it to her when he has a mind to it,so what can he be but a clever one to do that" "They've been talking about your old sweet heart she is a widow now, a well to do, you can have her now,if you wish" "It's Jeremiah" "Good Morning,Mother" "Are you feeling better today?" "I shall never be better any more,Arthur, it is well I know it and can bear it" "Shall I speak about affairs?" "Why not?" "Mother,our House has done less and less business for some years now and our dealings have been progressively on decline" "You know that" "I know what you mean" "All our consignments have long been made over to Rovinghams and your own judgement and watchfulness in checking upon them" "I can see what you are coming to" "Mother,I was afraid you would speak like this" "You knew I would,you knew me" "Go on" "Mother,the track we have kept as a business,I mean it's not the track of the time" "He'd never shown much confidence nor he invited much" "It is not his fault,no one is to blame but mother" "I've decided" "I've decided for my part to abandon business" "I've done with it" "I cannot say that forty years" "I have lived by your rules have either been pleasant or profitable" "To myself or to anyone" "But I have never set my will against yours" "I only ask you to remember that" "Have you finished ,Arthur?" "I think there cannot be nothing more" "I know that in my sinfulness I married bitterly disappointed" "The accounts made out I have them downstairs in your fathers counting-house" "You may inspect them when you please" "Jeremiah will open up everything for you" "I knew you having given up the business wouldn't go smoothly" "I've given up everything in life for the business" "Nice time for me to give the business up" "Don't expect me to stand between you and your mother" "Like I stood between your mother and your father" "I had no particular love for your father" "But I stood between him and your mother,fending on this fending of that and getting crushed between them" "And I am done with such work" "Do not forget" "Mother" "There is something more I have to say to you" "It's been on my mind for long time now,day and night but it's very difficult to say" "Mother,you knew my father, infinitely better than I did" "You were much the stronger and you directed him you were the cause of him going to China" "And my joining him there,when I was twenty" "Mother" "What I want to ask you is" "Did it ever occur to you" "to suspect that he had some secret remembrance that worried him" "I don't understand you" "Mother" "Is it possible that my father wronged someone and made no reparation" "I saw him at the last,remember" "And I can never forget it" "Mother,is it possible?" "Is it possible that in grasping after money and driving hard bargains someone may have been deceived or injured?" "or ruined?" "Mother,only you would know" "If reparations can be made,mother,tell me" "Mother" "Is it possible that through my father's fault someone,somewhere" "Hammer and tongs, already, you two?" "Flintwinch!" "Look at my son" "I am" "Look at him" "Within hours of his return,he asperses his father's memory to his mother" "Has misgivings that the goods of the world that we got together with wear and tear and self-denial, are so much plunder" "Talks of reparations" "Reparation" "Reparation" "Is there none in this room?" "In days of old, Arthur" "Pious men, beloved by the Lord, who would have cursed their sons for less than this" "I can only tell you that if you ever speak of this again to me" "I will renounce you and so dismiss you that you would have better been motherless from your cradle" "Do not forget" "Motherless from your cradle" "Now in case you should get into another of your flights has Arthur told you what he intends to do with the business?" "Jeremiah,my son is deserting us" "He is done with our business" "Jeremiah,my old and faithful servant, you shall be the new partner" "We shall stand by you,Affery and I,shall stand by you" "Eleven" "Time for your oysters" "Aren't you're going to eat your oysters?" "Who was that girl with the tray just now?" "Little Dorrit" "What are you going to do about Little Dorrit?" "Is she is to come and work here for ever?" "To come backwards and forwards here forever" "How can you speak of forever to a named creature like me?" "So long as Little Dorrit is quiet and industrious and deserves the little help I can give her,she will come here,if she wants" "Nothing more than that" "What should there be more than that?" "Do you happen to know where she lives?" "No" "Do you care to know?" "I do not" "Only I have,accidentally mind you,found out" "Wherever she lives she has made a secret of it,and she will keep her secret from me" "After all,perhaps,you'd rather not know" "Jeremiah,do not go too far,say no more" "I maybe bit of an oddity and point of temper but it is in my temper that I can't let anyone have entirely their own way" "I can't stand it" "I want to know what she intends to do with Little Dorrit" "Where does Little Dorrit come from?" "Where,Little Dorrit come from?" "Ah,Mr Stubbs,have you got them?" "Achieved what I set out to do,Mr Flintwinch" "Allow me to introduce myself,StubbsStubbs General Accountant Debts Recovered" "You must be the young Mr Clennam" "I am glad of having the gratification of making your acquaintance,Sir" "How man place of work rolled in one,I observed,Sir" "Very pleasant,most fashionable in my profession,luxury denied to most of us,I'm afraid always on the move,here and there,poking around,Sir,if I may so express myself" "I should be most grateful to be of assistance at any time,Sir" "Don't forget that I'm Stubbs General Accountant Debts Recovered" "Have it done with, Little Dorrit come from?" "She is a whim of hers" "Arthur" "Don't let yourself be put down by the two clever ones,now you are paid" "No quarter, nothing to live here, Affery,I have taken rooms in Covent Garden" "I already had my luggage sent up there" "Tell me,how did Little Dorrit come to work here?" "Your old sweethearts father recommended her,do needle work" "Old Christopher Casby?" "Arthur,that it is again" "What?" "The noise" "Such a strange noise" "Arthur" "I didn't hear anything" "So,old Christopher Casby recommended her" "Flora's father" "I beg you pardon" "I fear you didn't hear me announced" "Have I the pleasure" "Truly,yes" "I think I have" "Mr Clennam" "I'm glad to see you" "Take a chair if you please" "How have you been since last we met?" "It's twenty years" "I'm well,Sir" "We are older,Mr Clennam" "We are not younger,Mr Casby" "Your respected father is no more, I was grieved to hear it,Mr Clennam" "Yes" "There was a time when your parents and myself were not on friendly terms, family misunderstanding" "Your respected mother was rather possessive about her son" "Maybe" "These times are passed and gone,passed and gone" "I do myself the pleasure of making a visit to your respected mother from time to time,time to time" "On one of those occasions you were kind enough to mention a young seamstress to my mother" "Seamstress?" "Little Dorrit" "Dorrit?" "Yes" "My daughter Flora had the misfortune to lose her husband several years ago and resides with me" "She will be pleased to see you" "Come in here" "Hello" "Hello" "What's the matter?" "I don't know that anything is the matter" "Where is Mr Casby?" "He'll be back directly" "Very well" "If he should ask for Pancks, will you be so good to say Pancks is come in" "I'm sure I am ashamed to see you,Mr Clennam" "I'm sure you find me fearfully changed, I am actually an old woman" "It's shocking to be found out, it's really shocking" "Time hasn't stood still with any of us" "It's so different with a gentleman you look so amazingly well" "Look at Papa isn't it cruel and unnatural of Papa to be such a reproach to his own child" "If we go on like this much longer people who don't know us will come to suppose that I am Papa's Mama!" "Jolly good" "Mr Clennam you in-sincerest of creatures" "I perceive already you have not lost your old way of paying compliments, when you used to pretend be so sentimentally struck you know" "At least I don't mean that, I--oh I don't know what I mean!" "Oh,no,no you mustn't leave yet" "You could never be so unkind as to think of going, Arthur" "I suppose Mr Clennam would be more proper" "I was hoping Mr Clennam would do us as your honour of staying to dinner" "Staying to dinner" "You could never be so unkind to think of leaving without a word about the old dear dead days gone forever" "When I come to think of it,I suppose it might be best not to speak about it" "Do tell me something about the chinese ladies whether their eyes are really so long and narrow always putting me in mind of mother-of-pearl fish at cards do they really wear tails down their back and plaited too or is it only the men" "and why do they stick little bells all over their bridges and temples and hats and things or don't they really do it?" "Mr Pancks have the goodness to pass this all to Mr F's Aunt?" "Then it's all terminated,really too" "Oh,gracious Arthur" "Pancks included?" "Old habit" "Mr Clennam farther or drop her" "No doubt,married to some chinese lady being in China so long and desirous to settle" "I only hope she's not a Pagodian dissenter" "I'm not married to any lady" "Oh gracious me I hope you never kept yourself a bachelor on my account!" "but of course you never did, pray don't answer, why should you" "I am meandering into nonsense again" "Dear, dear,only to think of the changes at home ,Arthur,cannot overcome it" "It seems so natural,Mr Clennam far more proper" "Whoever could imagine Mrs Flinching,I can't imagine it myself" "Is that your married name?" "Yes isn't it a dreadful , but Arthur, as Mr F. said when he proposed to me which he did seven times he wasn't answerable for it" "Excellent man, not at all like you but excellent man" "Bleeding Heart Yard,troublesome property" "Rents are very hard to get there" "You have more trouble with that one place than with all the places belonging to you" "Really?" "They say they are so poor,but they all say.." "When we lived at Henley, Barnes's gander was stole by tinkers" "Indeed,Mum,you are not going to lock them in for nothing are you?" "They say they are so poor,they all say that" "You'll be poor yourself if you didn't get the rent" "Arthur" "Gifts to clemence,papa is watching" "You are paid to squeeze ,or squeeze to pay" "Not that ugly name" "Say Flora" "Flora,I assure you,Flora,I'm very happy to see you again" "I know you are disappointed" "I suppose the Chinese ladies, Mandarinesses if you call them so are the cause or perhaps I am the cause myself, it's just as likely" "No,don't say that" "But I must,what nonsense not to" "I know I am not what you expected" "One explanation I wish to offer when your Mama came and made a scene of it with my Papa and when I called down into the little breakfast-room looking like mad bulls what would they do" "My dear Flora it's so long ago" "For five days I had a cold in the head from crying which I passed entirely in the back drawing-room there is the back drawing-room still upon the first floor to confirm my words" "Mind" "Mind,Papa" "When that dreary period had passed a lull succeeded years rolled by" "Mr F. became acquainted ,it was not love,it was adoration on the part of Mr.F" "Mr F. proposed with the full approval of Papa and what could I do?" "Yes, it's pretty fresh,haven't got time to feel it though" "You lead a busy life,do you?" "I have always some of them to look up, or something to look after" "I like business,what is man made for?" "That's what I ask our weekly tenants" "Some of them will pull long faces to me, and say" ""Poor as you see us,we're always grinding, toiling,drudging, every minute we're awake"" "I say to them, "What else are you made for?" That clinches it" "What else do you suppose I think I am made for?" "Nothing" "Set me going keep me at it" "Keep me always at it, I'll keep you always at it" "There you are,the Whole Duty of Man in a commercial country" "Have you no inclination for anything,Mr Pancks?" "Oh,I am,I've inclination to get money,Sir,if you tell me how.." "Yes,yes you are not a great reader I suppose?" "Never read anything but letters or accounts or advertisement for relatives to next of kin I've got a taste for that" "You're not of the Clennams of Cornwall, Mr Clennam?" "Not that I know of" "I know.I asked your mother,she has too much character to let a chance escape her" "Why?" "There's a Cornish property going a begging, sir, and no Cornish Clennam" "Do you know how my mother came to know Little Dorrit?" "Dorrit?" "Dorrit eh" "I turn off here." "I wish you good night" "Good Night" "I beg you pardon,what is this place?" "Marshalsea" "The debtor's prison?" "Yes" "Are you familiar with the place?" "I am" "I beg you to excuse my curiosity but" "Do you know the name of Dorrit here?" "Of course I do" "Gentleman coming in now" "Dorrit.Mr Dorrit?" "Gentleman wishes to see Mr Dorrit" "A quivery,eh?" "You wish to see my brother?" "Come with me" "I beg you pardon but can anyone go in?" "Anyone can go in but it isn't everyone can go out" "I do beg you pardon once more but" "You see my name is Clennam and I assume my mother's where she is working, a young woman,everyone called Little Dorrit" "Dorrit?" "I've been interested to know more about her" "Clennam,doesn't remember" "I've just seen her coming through this door" "That very blue eyes" "Very colourful blue eyes" "I remember now on these matters, it's Amy,my brother's daughter" "Very good girl really" "Does her duty" "My brother would be lost without her" "There are rather dark, Sir, but you will not find anything in the way" "My brother has been here many years and much that happens , out of doors, is kept from him" "Be so good as to say nothing of my niece's working at her needle" "My money" "Flesh and blood can't pay" "Be so good as to say nothing, beyond what is said among us" "William" "I found this gentleman,Mr Clennam, son of Amy's friend at the outer gate, wishful, to pay his respects, but hesitating to come in." "This is my brother William, sir" "I hope I'm not disturbing you,Sir" "Mr Clennam,you do me honour, you are welcome,Sir" "Frederick, a chair" "Welcome to the Marshalsea,Sir" "I have welcomed many gentlemen to these walls.Pray sit down, Mr Clennam" "My daughter Amy may have mentioned that I am the father of this place" "You'll excuse ,Mr Clennam,the primitive customs to which we are reduced here" "If you would do me the honour, Sir" "Oh,thank you,no,no,thank you" "You know,I dear say,that my daughter Amy was born here a dear girl, and long a comfort and support to me.Your first visit here,Sir?" "Yes,my first" "You could hardly have been here without my knowledge" "It very seldom happens that anybody with any pretensions,any pretensions comes here without being presented to me" "As many as forty have presented on one day" "On a fine Sunday in the legal term time, it is quite a Levee,quite a Levee" "Amy, my dear, I have been trying half the day to remember the name of the gentleman from Camberwell who was introduced to me last Christmas week by that agreeable coal merchant who was remanded for six months" "I don't remember, father" "I mean the gentleman who did that handsome action with so much delicacy" "Ha!" "The name has quite escaped me" "Mr Clennam, as I have happened to mention delicate action you may like, perhaps, to know what it is" "Very much" "It is so generous and show such fine feeling that it is almost a duty to mention it" "Ah,well,it's of no use to disguise the fact you must know, Mr Clennam, that it does sometimes occur that people who come here desire to offer some little" "Testimonial to the Father of the place" "Sometimes it takes one shape,sometimes another but it is generally money" "And it is only too often acceptable, this gentleman that I referred to had brought a beautiful cluster of geraniums,very fine geraniums" "On my admiring it, he showed me a piece of paper round it on which was written, "For the Father of the Marshalsea," and presented it to me" "He made a particular request, on taking leave that I should remove the paper in half an hour." "I,ha,I did so" "It contained,two guineas" "I assure you, Mr Clennam, I have received many testimonials of many degrees of value and they have always been acceptable, unfortunately,though nobody's fault you know, but I never was more pleased than with this one" "Clennam,my daughter Fanny,my son Tip" "Fanny,come for that child" "The bell is a signal for visitors to retire but there is plenty of time, plenty of time" "I only want my clean dress from Amy,Good Night,Father" "Plenty of time" "The lock" "Hurry,Mr Clennam" "Allow me to follow you downstairs" "Oh,no,not on any account" "Pray,allow me" "Mr Clennam" "Deeply,deeply" "Not nobody's fault" "Who is to blame for it,I do not know who is to blame for it,I can tell you.." "I'm afraid forgive me, I have come here,I should like to ask.." "You are very good,Sir,but I wish you hadn't watched me" "The bell is going to stop,you must go,you'll be locked in" "Yes.I mean.." "You must go now" "I'm sure you mean to be kind" "Just one question,have you known my mother long?" "Two years,the bell has stopped,go quickly" "Tomorrow morning I'll go by the iron bridge at ten o'clock" "Caught, eh?" "You won't go home till morning" "You must be sharper than that next time" "It's after seven" "She'll sit with him for another hour reading yesterday's papers to him" "Once she come out,like a little ghost and vanish out there" "She has a lodging at turnkey's" "First house, sky parlour" "She pays twice as much as she would for an outside but she stands by our governor, poor dear girl" "You're locked in,too" "About!" "But not in your way." "I belong to the shop only my sister has a theory that our governor should never know it." "Can't see why, myself" "Can I get any shelter?" "What do I got to do?" "If you are willing to pay for a bed" "I will take you to the Snuggery, I'll introduce you there" "Gentleman here has done it" "Got himself locked in" "Willing to pay for a bed" "I demand batten to me" "Two pence a blanket" "A penny should pay there?" "All Battens,battenly" "Coverage for finding it" "How did you get yourself locked in?" "Never mind,Mivvins" "Kitchen fire over there, table by subscription" "All of that,there maybe some left" "A small contribution wouldn't come un-meticulous,you understand?" "You please come to the main room" "Quite comfortable" "A few more elbowroom is all we need here" "You said it,Doctor Haggage" "It is quiet here" "We don't get badgers here" "There is no knocker here,Sir to be hammered out by creditors and bring a man's harp into his mouth" "Nobody comes here" "Fastly the man with a home sales of candles and doormats,chandeliers, it's freedom,Sir,freedom" "Outside people are restless, worried,hurried about anxious suspecting one thing anxious suspecting another thing, nothing of the kind here,Sir" "We have done all that" "We know the worst of it" "We've got to the bottom and we can't fall" "What do we found?" "Peace,that's the word for it" "Peace" "Tomorrow morning I will go by the iron bridge at ten o'clock" "Iron bridge at ten" "I heard you were locked in last night,I'm sorry" "No,it was nothing,I had a good bed" "Yes,I believe there are excellent beds at Snuggery" "It's very expensive but my father has told me that quite beautiful dinners will be got there.And wine" "Where did my mother find you?" "Through a friend.His name is Plornish,he is a plasterer" "He lives in Bleeding Heart Yard by the gateway" "He asked a few people if they needed any needlework done" "That's how your mother heard it" "Mr Clennam,I should like to tell you something" "Well,tell me what you got to say,Little Dorrit?" "I want to thank you for last night" "And then I wish very much to say" "Say it!" "That I hope you will not misunderstand my father" "All he said was quite true, he is very much respected" "That is why they give him presents as much they think they know him to be needy" "He is not to be blamed for being in need" "Who could be in prison for a quarter of a century, and be prosperous quarter of a century" "I could do something to get him out" "No,it's no use" "You don't know how hopeless this is" "Let me ask you more" "Does your father has many creditors?" "Oh,yes" "Do you know anything about them?" "I used to hear a lot,long ago" "Mr Tite Barnacle a commissioner or a board, or a trustee,or someone." "He is in the government" "He is someone important in the government offices" "I think that is it" "I don't know really" "Come ,will you go back?" "Walk,I presume?" "Yes" "It's so cold and wet" "Could you tell me where I could find Mr Tite Barnacle?" "Mr Tite Barnacle has just gone out on a public business,Sir" "Did you have an appointment?" "I should like to make one" "I suggest you return tomorrow,Sir when Mr Tite Barnacle will be in, to make an appointment" "Excuse me,I should like to see Mr Tite Barnacle" "I am afraid that Mr Barnacle is not available today may I suggest you come back tomorrow and make an appointment" "Can't I make an appointment now?" "I am afraid I am not in the position to make an appointment with Mr Barnacle" "If you will be so good and come back tomorrow" "Excuse me" "I should like to see Mr Tite Barnacle" "Mr Tite Barnacle is indisposed today but as it happens young Mr Barnacle is in the office" "If you be so good to give your name" "Clennam,Arthur Clennam" "I say,look here Mr.." "Clennam" "Arthur Clennam" "My father will be in today,is there anything I can do?" "I wish to see Mr Barnacle" "You haven't got an appointment,you know" "No,that's what I wish to have" "But I say." "Look here!" "Is this public business?" "Is it anything about,tonnage or that sort of thing?" "No,it's not about tonnage" "Look here is it private business?" "I really don't know" "It's about a Mr Dorrit" "Look here,you'd better call at our house, 24 Mews Street, Grosvenor Square" "My father got a touch of gout and is kept at home by it" "Thank you" "I shall call there now" "Good Morning" "You are quite sure it's nothing about tonnage?" "Quite sure" "Mr Arthur Clennam" "Mr Clemman" "Be seated" "Thank you" "I have met a debtor in the Marshalsea Prison of the name of Dorrit" "Who has been there for many years" "I wish to investigate his affairs and see if I can help him" "Your name was mentioned as an influential interest amongst his creditors" "Am I correctly informed?" "The Department,Sir,may have possibly recommended,possibly,I cannot say" "That some public claim against the insolvent estate of a partnership" "To which this person may have belonged, should be enforced" "The question may have been, in the course of official business referred to the Department for its consideration" "The Department may have confirmed, a Minute making that recommendation" "I assume this to be the case, then" "The Department is not responsible for any gentleman's assumptions" "How I can obtain official information as to the state of the case?" "I must refer you,to the Department itself for a formal answer to that inquiry" "Excuse me but I.." "The Department is accessible to the,Public if the Public does not approach it according to the official forms then the Public has itself to blame" "I want to know.." "Please,say,look here,you mustn't come into the place,say you want to know.." "I want to know the precise nature of the claim of the Crown against a prisoner for debt named Dorrit" "I say you haven't even got an appointment you can't just come in and say you want to know" "Jenkinson" "I want to know the precise nature of the claim of the Crown against a prisoner for debt named Dorrit" "Come out your rascal,come on" "Mr Meagles?" "Clennam,my dear friend I am pleased to see you" "How are you?" "How are you?" "I'm glad to see you" "How is your daughter?" "She is as well as may be" "Yes,you may look at him" "He is something to look at, his name is Daniel Doyce" "And he is a notorious rascal, a scoundrel" "Yes,you may not think so but he is a public offender,what has he been guilty of?" "Murder?" "Arson?" "Forgery?" "No" "He has done something,he has done something useful" "You know,everybody knows that this glorious establishment here is the most important department of the government which has its finger in the largest part of the public pie and the smallest public part without it,no public business of any kind can possibly be done at any time" "This fraud of a department this Circumlocution office here has been first of all public departments in discovering the sublime principle,and whom is the difficult art to govern a country" "With tact,delicacy,genius is the master of the art of perceiving of how not to do it" "I know it only too well, let's get out of here" "Yes,if anyone is to be ill advised enough to do it" "Or appear by surprising accident of being in the remote danger of doing it, is to be instantly extinguished" "This man has been ingenious,he has invented something useful" "He has spent money on it, time on it,how many years,Doyce?" "Twelve years" "Twelve years" "The moment he addresses himself to the Government, he becomes a public offender!" "To be shut,to be put off, to be browbeaten, passed on and handed over" "I was made to feel as though I had committed an offence" "Here we are after interminable attendance and correspondence and infinite impertinences and ignorances and insults" "We've been told that the Circumlocution Office has arrived at no decision in the respect of this patent application which was filed twelve years ago and has shelved the business,yes, here we are" "Here we are,and where are we going now?" "Bleeding Heart Yard I am returning to the works" "Bleeding Heart Yard?" "Good, I want to go there myself" "So much the better,come along" "I shall see you in Twickenham next week" "I have to come and turn on the logo one of those days" "Good Morning,Mr Doyce" "Oh,beg you pardon,can you tell me where Mr Plornish lives?" "Yes,Sir,straight down on the end,the last place" "Thank you" "I'd better think I know you,do I?" "No,I don't think so" "I'm thinking for messenger" "There is a Gent who wishes to see Mr Plornish" "Well, sir,not to deceive you, he's gone to look for a job" "Well,can I wait for him?" "I'm expecting him any minute,walk in,Sir" "Thank you" "Not to deceive you, sir, I notice it,take it kind of you" "There ain't many that come into a poor place" "That deems it worth their while to remove their hats" "But people think more of it than people think" "Wait here" "Would you mind me asking Sir,if there was a job you were to come about?" "No" "Such things as jobs seem to have gone under the ground,they do indeed ,Sir" "It's not for want of looking after jobs, I am sure" "Nor yet for want of working at them when they are to be got." "There is Plornish" "Plornish" "Plornish?" "My name is Clennam" "I wanted to know if I could talk to you about Miss Dorrit" "Dorrit's family" "I heard of you,Sir,sit down again" "I have been on the wrong side of the Lock myself and in that way we are well acquainted with Miss Dorrit" "Intimate" "There is manners,there is polish" "There's a gentleman to have run to seed in the Marshalsea jail!" "I should like to be useful to Miss Dorrit and to the family" "Oh,yes,don't say it Sir, so should we" "I wonder maybe something could be done for the brother" "Who is the plaintiff?" "It's a horse,I mean it's a Captain Maroon,friend of Captain Barbary" "Mrs Captain Barbary came off the horse was the one he wanted to sell him in my judgement Captain Maroon would be content with twenty shillings and right waste of money it is" "If you would settle it, I should be most obliged" "And Mr Plornish,I trust you to keep this as a secret and not to give my name to the plaintiff" "Just say it is a friend" "Will be done,Sir,directly" "Would you take some tea,Sir?" "Oh,no,Mrs Plornish I must getting back to Coven Garden to my rooms" "There is just one more thing,Mr Plornish" "How did you introduce Miss Dorrit at my mother's?" "Plornish made out a few places that Miss Dorrit wished for needle work and likewise to the landlord of the Yard to which it was that Mrs Clennam first happened to employ Miss Dorrit" "I see,and the landlord of the yard is?" "Mr Casby, and Mr Pancks he collects the rent,that is about what they are" "Mr Casby again?" "We are all pretty hard up in the Yard you know,Mr Clennam,all wanting work and not able to get it" "It won't do you know?" "You don't expect it,do you?" "I haven't got it,Mr Pancks" "I do not know who is to blame for it" "Hey,ask to how is to blame for it?" "I don't know who is to blame for it" "Unfortunates with the wrongs on projects who according to rule have been bullied in this,overreached by that" "Not his own fault it is" "It's not my place to find out" "Even if I did,nobody would mind" "It don't come right by itself" "Little Dorrit" "My poor child" "It must be nearly midnight" "I said Little Dorrit, sir, on purpose to prepare you." "I knew you must be surprised" "Are you alone?" "No,Sir,I got Maggy with me" "Maggy?" "This is Maggy,Sir" "It's so wet and cold" "Thank you,Sir" "And I have no fire" "Maggie is old Mrs Bangham's grand daughter" "I'm ten years old" "When Maggy was ten years old she had a bad fever" "She's never grown any older since" "What a nice hospital,such a heavenly place" "Such chickens,such oranges, such a delightful place" "She has never been at peace before" "Her grandmother was very unkind,indeed to her" "Gin,broom-handles and pokers" "To buy and ,she's learnt all kind of things" "Tell me why you are out on the streets at this late hour" "Maggy and I, have been to the theatre where my sister works" "She is a dancer,you see, my uncle plays the clarinet" "And oh ain't it a heavenly place" "Almost as good as an hospital" "I like to know foe myself how my sister is doing,and see it with my own eyes" "When neither she or my uncle is aware" "It is seldom I can do that" "Because I might do work with my father" "But tonight I pretend that I am at a party" "Oh,no,Sir certainly" "I was never at a party in my life" "May I tell you something,Sir?" "Yes" "My brother has come out" "And I think,I think I know,thank you" "I am very glad for your brother,little Dorrit" "There is something else" "I hope you don't think I'm ungrateful" "You will not be offended,Sir?" "I promise I won't" "I hardly know how to say it,if you, if you come back to see my father can you" "Can I" "Please,Mr Clennam,don't do it, don't give him any money" "Don't understand him if he asks" "Spare him,you don't know what he is,what he really is" "How can you seeing him there all at once,and not gradually" "He needs it so very badly,let me ask" "Please don't.I quite understand." "Have a little to eat" "No thank you,I'm not hungry" "Maggie might like some perhaps, we must be gone now,it's so late" "Put some cake into your basket,Maggie" "We must be gone,thank you,Sir,thank you" "The gates will be locked now!" "I'm going to Maggie's lodging I shall be quite safe" "You must let me accompany you, I can't let you go alone" "Please let us go alone,we know the way,don't we,Maggie" "Good Night,Sir,thank you" "Mr Doyce?" "How do you do,it is Mr Clennam" "Oh,Mr Meagles's friend,how do you do" "I am glad to see you again" "I expect we are going to the same place" "Yes I think we are" "And I am glad of it" "Pleasanter circumstances than last time" "Yes,very much so" "I dare say you both have given up the whole business by now" "I'm not sure of that" "You mean,you're not yet quite discouraged?" "I am discouraged of course but my little discovery is still there the thing is as true as it ever was,it just is" "As this is" "Nothing enquired or answered" "Do you have a partner to help you?" "I used to have" "He died,years ago" "I ought to think of finding someone again" "There is more to do at the works than it used to be" "Besides no inventor can be a man of business,clearly at least that is what my friend Meagles seems to think" "I'm afraid he looks upon me a man not quite able to to take care of himself" "Mr Clennam,good" "I'm delighted to see you" "Here we are,here we are Mr Clennam" "Good Afternoon" "Good Afternoon" "I hope you had a pleasant journey" "We're delighted please make yourself at home" "I have not had so pleasant a greeting,except once since you and I last walked to and fro together" "Ah,Marseilles" "Looking down on the Mediterranean" "Something like a look out, that was, wasn't it?" "I often think myself back there again" "Spanish,of course" "This is from La Spezzia" "Often myself back there,when I'm here and it is so devilishly quiet" "We dine in here" "Pompeii,Sicily" "But then when I'm travelling I always want to get back home again" "Tuscany" "My own snug room" "These are Roman's of course from Herculenum" "I like to look out on to the lawn,and watch my Pet busy about the garden" "Here they are you see" "I stood behind this article five and thirty years running me because of the scales and scoop I should speak" "When I left the bank,I asked for them and brought them back with me" "Mr Meagles, do you remember when you gave me some good advice once before when I needed it?" "Yes,perfectly" "I have acted upon that advice and I've left an occupation that was painful to me" "But now I wish to devote myself to some other pursuit" "Right,my connection within the banking establishment" "No,as I came here today" "I found that your friend Mr Doyce is looking for a partner in business" "Yes,just that" "Mr Doyce mentioned that he was going to take your advice" "And if you think that our views are at all likely to coincide perhaps you might let him know my position" "I" "Of course in ignorance of the details" "Oh,no,no" "But I shall be more than glad,provided you and Mr Doyce think well of it" "But I don't dissipate anything" "I think something may well come out of it" "I shall talk to Mr Doyce in the morning" "I am much obliged" "It is a beautiful house" "Papa,dinner will be ready soon" "So will we,so will we" "This is from Herculenum of course" "Roman" "What are you thinking of,Clennam?" "Nothing" "Think of something next time, there's a good fellow" "Miss Minnie,I brought your mantle down" "Oh,Mrs Tickit" "I was on the upstairs landing in the dark,wondering about the draught almost strictly speaking considering that the evenings are still cold,it is only May after all" "The white one would have looked much better with this dress" "Never mind" "As I was saying the upstairs landing,being actually neither upstairs nor down stairs being what a person like form an inter section,a deliberate situation I might say" "You'll find it so yourself,Sir, I'll be bold to say" "This is Mrs Tickit,Clennam dear Mrs Tickit,she is an important part of the cottage,you know" "There is nothing uncertain here in the actual steam and that's all,which is important,this is similar with some things for distance" "It is is a hard string up there steam from the boiler over there has lead into each side of the pistons" "You see it condensed from the vacuum from either side and that rises the pistons backwards and forth" "Practical people" "All pistons drives two wheels and the mains up" "He wanted to show you works first,I just wait for you then" "I've plenty of reliable business, of many different kinds" "And this is where we cut and strengthen on the brass" "You notice ,Sir,that the pendulum travels their own length on the back,and makes 60 different springs,very nice work,Sir" "This is the practical side of the business,you'll find everything here is in good order if though it appears it is somewhat behind and Daniel has some wild ideas of methods of entering" "He wants you to examine everything for yourself" "And gentle be sharing his rooms in the yard too you have to keep a check on him,Clennam and bring your common sense into the partnership" "Good gracious, Arthur,--I should say Mr Clennam, far more proper the climb we have had to get up here and how ever to get down again without a fire-escape" "Mr F.'s Aunt and myself would not have intruded on business hours" "Mr F. having been in business and though the wine trade still business is equally business call it what you will and business habits are just the same as witness Mr F.himself who had his slippers always on the mat at ten minutes before six" "Machinery but I found my way to everything but without so much as sending a line or a card to papa I don't say me though there was a time though it is long still past and stern reality has now,my gracious,never mind" "Oh ,dear Arthur,Mr Clennam, everywhere more delicate" "I was begged to excuse to take the liberty of intruding to give you congratulations and good wishes a great deal superior to China and much nearer though higher up" "Thank you,Flora,I was soon make you a visit" "I guess.However when Pancks told us" "I made up my mind that Mr F.'s Aunt and I would come and call because when papa which was before then--said that I happened to mention her name to me and to say that you were interested in her I said at the moment Good gracious" "why not have her here then when there's anything to do instead of putting it out" "When you say Her, you mean" "Good Gracious,Arthur" "Doyce and Clennam is everywhere more businesslike,Little Dorrit of course and of all the strangest names I ever heard the strangest like some place down the country with a turnpike, or a favourite pony or something from a seed-shop to be put in a garden or a flower-pot and come up speckled" "There are milestones on the road to Dover" "Mr F's aunt is very spirited today" "Then Mr Casby was so kind as to mention Little Dorrit to you, was he?" "What did he say?" "You know what papa is like how aggravatingly he sits there looking beautiful and turning his thumbs over and over one another till he makes one quite giddy if one keeps one's eyes upon him" "He said you had spoken very earnestly of her and I said what I have told you and that's all" "That's all?" "Except that I hope it is agreeable to all parties that she should come and work at our house when required" "That's very kind of you,you Flora" "Papa!" "Hush, Arthur, for Mercy's sake!" "You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it." "I was thanking Mrs Finching for offering to employ the young needle woman you recommended to my mother" "You didn't recommend her, you know,how could you?" "You never knew anything about her" "And think of Doyce and Clennam,Doyce might be" "The name was mentioned to you, and you passed the message on." "That's what YOU did" "You are not acquainted, then with any of the family?" "Family?" "How should he be acquainted with any of the family?" "He never heard of them" "You can't be acquainted with someone you never heard of, can you?" "I should think not" "Never heard of her,Dorrit" "Give her up,Dorrit" "Never heard of her" "Mind how you go Frederick" "Tell me anything of her" "I'm Mr Clennam is Miss Dorrit" "Miss Dorrit is gone out already" "Oh,I'm sorry to have missed her" "I wanted to let her know about a possible employment" "Could I ask you to give her this address, it's Mr Casby and mention my name" "It's a misunderstanding" "What I mean I am not going to tell you" "I ask you,pardon,could you by any means find time to go by Horsemonger Lane Lane at your way out,at this address" "Chivery and Co., Tobacconists" "It 's not a tobacco business, it's my wife" "She's wishful to say a word to you, sir,respecting Miss Dorrit" "I'll see your wife immediately" "Thank you,Sir" " Please to ask for Mrs Chivery!" "Of course,thank you" "Mrs Chivery?" "Mr Clennam?" "You may see him now" "If you'll be so kind to take a peep" "Our John" "It's the only change he takes,when there's linen to keep the neighbours' eyes off" "He'll sit there, hours." "Says he feels as if it was groves!" "What might be the matter with him?" "Miss Dorrit is the matter with our John,Sir" "He's a breaking his heart for her and I would wish to take the liberty to ask how it's to be made good to his parents when bust?" "Does Miss Dorrit know?" "Bless you,Sir,they have been brought up together" "His cane alone would have told her long ago if nothing else." "Young men like John don't take to ivory hand appointing, for nothing." "That's how I view it" "Her brother and sister are against our John and so is her father" "She is doomed to be there slave for ever" "Sir,I can only implore you to use your influence on the family for our John's sake and for Miss Dorrit's sake" "Well,I will do my best" "I assure you,Mrs Chivery" "Mr Clennam" "Pancks" "A, B, C, D. DA, DE, DI, DO." "Dictionary order." "Dorrit,that's the name I want to know about" "This is a singular visit,Mr Pancks how extraordinary" "It may be all extraordinary all together." "It may be out of the ordinary course, and yet be business." "I am a man of business" "What business have I in this present world, except to stick to business?" "Now,to put this business on its own footing, it's not my proprietor's" "Mr Casby?" "My proprietor" "Put a case." "Say, at my proprietor's I hear name a name of young person Mr Clennam wants to serve" "Say, name first mentioned to me by Plornish in the Yard" "Say, I ask Plornish for information" "Say, Plornish declines though six weeks in arrears to my proprietor, say he refers me to Mr Clennam" "Well?" "Here I am" "Motive is good,not state-able at present but good" "What do you want to know?" "How did you first meet Miss Dorrit?" "When?" "Where?" "How did you meet Mr Dorrit?" "Good Morning,Mrs Tickit" "Good Morning Sir" "You've been well to walked early, Sir,it's going to rain to be sure" "Surely not,Mrs Tickit" "It's a lovely morning" "Allow me to introduce myself,Henry Gowan" "Clennam,Arthur Clennam" "Pretty place this,looks wonderful well this morning" "Your first visit?" "No,I've been here twice before" "Of course this is not the best aspect" "It looked charming in the spring last year" "I've had the pleasure of seeing so many times" "It's paradise" "Mr Gowan,how nice that you'd come early" "Good Morning,Mr Clennam,isn't it a lovely morning,let's go to breakfast" "Mrs Tickit was right" "Most unpleasant weather" "But who cares about the weather,in such company" "Btw I hope you don't mind,Sir but I have taken the liberty to ask a connection of mine to call for me here later on" "No,not at all" "Who is he?" "Tite Barnacle's son, Clarence Barnacle" "Barnacle?" "Let me see what relation would this young fellow you're expecting to be to Lord Decimus?" "His Lordship married, in seventeen ninety-seven" "Lady Jemima Bilberry who was the second daughter by the third marriage--no!" "I am wrong!" "Who was the first daughter by the second marriage of the fifteenth Earl of Stiltstalking" "This young fellow's father married a cousin who was a Barnacle too." "Good Afternoon,Sir" "That must be my friend or relation or whatever he is" "Just between you and me" "Clarence is a great ass but he is the dearest and best fellow that ever lived" "I suppose what's his name, will be at Twickenham tomorrow" "Gowan?" "He comes every Sunday" "I thought our good friend Meagles rather out of spirits when Mr Gowan arrived the other day" "Yeah" "But not his daughter" "I feel sorry for our friend" "Of course" "He will never make her happy" "We don't know that he wouldn't make her happy" "We don't know" "But we think it'll be probable" "We mustn't disparage the gentleman simply because he is successful with her" "Maybe" "Maybe she is too young, too petted,too confiding" "Too inexperienced to discriminate well" "That we cannot help" "She is so young" "We must be hopeful and generous" "And I'm getting old" "I'm twice her age" "I suppose so" "I am too old" "And we don't know that he won't make her happy" "In England" "Of course,in England" "When they take their inventions into foreign countries,it's quite different" "That's the reason why so many go there" "Why don't you come in now Daniel" "We'll open the parcel from Italy" "See if your plans you were expecting are in it" "I think I shall take a stroll under the trees,Papa" "I wasn't worse use than hundred others who put themselves.." "The evening is so lovely" "Mr Clennam,will you walk with me?" "I should very much like to" "The evening is so lovely" "Yes it's very pleasant here" "It's a beautiful garden" "Mr Clennam" "Papa has been thinking of going abroad again" "He has given up the idea at the moment" "Mr Clennam" "I should very much like to give you my confidence,if you wouldn't mind" "I think I would have done it some time ago,if I had known how" "But I scarcely know how even now" "Mr Gowan has reasons to be very happy" "God Bless his wife and him" "Mr Clennam,thank you" "Thank you" "Well,since I'm such an old,old friend to you and your father can't I be of any assistance to you?" "In some little way" "Mr Clennam,please tell me you don't blame me" "But my dearest girl,no, please I should like to help" "Dear Mr Clennam" "There will be such a blank when I am gone" "Papa makes so much of me" "If you could come and see Papa and keep him company,there is no one he likes so much as you" "He told me this morning" "Of course" "Dear Mr Clennam" "If there is any trouble I may have caused you without meaning it or having in my power to help it,forgive me tonight" "It is nothing to forgive" "Good Bye" "Mr Clennam,Mr Clennam" "Such a poor thing to do" "Little Mother says that I should stop at Mr Dorrit but he says "Maggie you take that letter to Bleeding Heart Yard and you shall have a six pence if you ask the recipient"" "and you are loitering here instead of being here so and so" "And Mr Tip sees me going and says" I'll have a try too"" "And I'll to have a shilling if the answer's a good 'un it ain't my fault that you are so and so,is it?" "No Maggie,of course it isn't your fault now you give this to Mr Dorrit and tell Mr Tip that I'll beg to be excused" "And here is a shilling for you" "And please tell Mr Dorrit that I'd like to call on him this afternoon" "John,Dorrit upstairs?" "Yes,Sir,Miss Amy likewise,Miss Amy is not as well as one could wish" "Shrimps and ham have been fetched" "I am always glad to see my old pensioner" "You are comfortable Nandy?" "You're sure it is well buttered for my old pensioner, Maggie" "Ah,Mr Clennam,how fortuitous, you come in and join our little party" "Amy,my love,you know Mr Clennam,even better than I have the happiness of doing" "Come in,Mr Clennam,come in and take a seat" "This, you must know, is an old pensioner of mine, Old Nandy" "Fanny, my dear, you are acquainted with Mr Clennam" "Maggie,hurry,the life on the plate for Mr Clennam" "Let me see" "You know Paul Plornish,don't you?" "Yes" "Old Nandy is Mrs Plornish's father" "Work house,out for today,poor thing" "Thank you,my dear" "Not yet ready for more ham,Nandy?" "His last teeth,are going, poor old boy" "Tip" "Tip, dear,don't you see" "More shrimps,Mandy?" "If you refer to that,I see!" "Is that all you say?" "That's all I say" "And I suppose,he will understand, he hasn't used me like a gentleman" "His hearing is getting very defective" "Faculties evidently decaying, old man rusts with the life he leads!" "I don't understand that" "No?" "Why, then, to make it clearer to you,Sir, I beg to let you know that when I address a delicate appeal to an individual, for a small temporary accommodation easily within his power mind you, when that individual writes back" "to say that he begs to be excused" "I consider that he doesn't treat me like a gentleman" "How dare you" "Now, don't ask me how I dare, father, because that's bosh" "Besides, you ought to be proud of my showing a proper spirit" "I should think so!" "A proper spirit?" "Is my son teaching me,me,spirit!" "Don't let us bother about it, father, I have made up my mind" "You have no right to make up your mind to what is monstrous,parricidal" "What is it to you?" "It has everything to do with me, let me suppose the case that I may myself at a certain time, or times, have made a delicate appeal to some individual for a small temporary accommodation that the accommodation was not extended" "and that the individual begged to be excused" "Am I to be told by my own son that I have therefore received the treatment not due to a gentleman?" "Papa" "I point out to you,Sir,the delicacy of your father's position" "Besides,is it Christian to stigmatize an individual who begs to be excused" "Would it be not more Christian, to try him again?" "Mr Dorrit,Mr Dorrit" "Yes I'll be downstairs" "I see precious well, I shall not get a fair argument here tonight and so the best thing I can do is to cut" "Good night, don't be vexed" "I know,I know" "Amy,my dear,persuade Mr Clennam to stay a little longer?" "Mr Clennam,you see a public duty" "Amy,my dear,perhaps you may do something towards erasing from Mr Clennam's mind the untoward circumstances that has occurred since tea time" "Be very careful how you descend the stairs,Mandy" "They are rather uneven and worn" "It's no longer very elastic" "A melancholy side,without doubt,Mr Clennam no one has the consolation that he doesn't feel it himself" "Poor old fellow,spirit broken" "Pulverized" "How seldom I've seen you lately,Little Dorrit" "I've been busy,Sir" "I am doing work for Miss Lloyd now as well as needle work" "It was very kind of you to make sure I got employed" "It's the least I could do" "I've heard that you have been in Bleeding Heart Yard several times" "Why not come and see me then?" "I don't know" "Or rather I thought you might be busy" "You heard many arguments" "Oh,Little Dorrit,don't think too much what happened here just now?" "Please" "I'm a friend,remember" "Don't take any notice of my brother" "You haven't been ill,Mr Clennam?" "No" "You look tired" "To speak the truth I had been little troubled lately but it's over,do I show it so plainly?" "I must do better" "Let me confess then that.." "Forgetting how old and grave I am,I fancied I loved someone" "Do I know her?" "Oh,no" "I found out my mistake" "And I thought about it a little and I counted my years and considered how old I am" "And I..why am I telling you all this,Little Dorrit?" "Because you trust me,I hope" "Yes,I do trust you,and you must trust me too" "Why do you never come to see me?" "My place is here, I am better here" "Pancks for the Gypsy,fortune-telling" "I've been spending the evening with the rest of them downstairs" "Pancks,gypsy,fortune-telling" "How do you do,Miss Dorrit" "Capital company here,eh, Miss Dorrit?" "Capital company here." "I've been treating 'em all round" "I am in wonderful feather, can't stop a minute,I shall be missed" "I've been singing,I've been taking a part for what it sounds" "I do not know anything about it but it doesn't matter,Miss Dorrit, I hope you don't mind" "Mr Clennam,will you step outside the room a moment" "Miss Dorrit I wish you a good night" "What can I do?" "Good Night,Little Dorrit" "Good Night,Sir" "Thank you ever so much" "Not at all" "Don't mention it." "I'm coming into my property, that's the fact." "I can afford to be liberal, I think I'll give them a treat here" "Tables laid in the yard." "Bread in stacks.Tobacco in hay loads" "Pipes in faggots." "Roast beef and plum-pudding for every one." "Quart of double stout a head" "Mr Pancks,you've made some discovery now what it is,for heavens sake" "We rather think so,Mr Rugg" "Mr Rugg" "Yes,yes" "I am so glad to have you here" "Does it implicate?" "No implicate" "Is it any wrongdoing of any kind?" "No,no,no,don't think of it" "You are to understand,Sir,we are this very day virtually complete" "We shan't be legally be for another two three days." "Call it at a week" "No one implicated" "We've been at it night and day for I don't know how long,Sir" "You'll have to break it to her" "Not yet" "Your Father of the Marshalsea!" "Oh,stuff" "Mr Rugg,will you do me the honour" "Nobody is to pain,thank God" "When I heard the news ,Sir,is the luxury of your own dealings" "Just wait for another two or three days,Sir,and you shall break it to her" "Nobody is to blame" "Nobody is to blame" "I don't know how is to be blamed my poor fellow of such a restless disposition" "It's an unspeakable comfort to see they are so happy" "Let us hope they continue happy" "Let us hope the pretty one will do everything she can to make my poor inconstant fellow happy" "My dear Arthur,you've just come at the right time" "Mr Clennam,Mrs Gowan,Henry's mother" "I hope they will make each other happy" "I hope they will be happy managed on their little income" "You know you are businesslike" "And weight them too much for our soul not" "How could you talk about they managing their little means" "I hear my poor dear fellow my dear good man I use no ceremony with you because we are a kind of relation possibly" "Dear fellow,when we come to expectation and these expectations can be realized in this world,none of us can have everything" "Mind,how would want everything?" "They are there,you knew that from the first to the last" "I always objected to this match of yours" "At a very late period yielded a most unwilling consent to it" "No,in this world none of us can have everything" "Thank you Mr Clennam,hardly I need to tell you what I am thinking about" "Because a person's thoughts whoever they may stray will settle more or less in their mind" "You see Clennam,I'm a disappointed man,that you know already" "I belong to a family,or a connection, whatever you'd like to call it" "That might have provided for me in one of fifty ways" "But they took it into its head not to do it at all,so here I am, a poor devil of an artist" "But on the other hand" "Yes,I know,I have the good fortune of being loved by a beautiful charming girl and having a father in law who is a liberal boy" "Still, I had other prospects washed and combed into my childish head when it was washed and combed for me, and I took them to a public school when I washed and combed it for myself and here I am without them, a disappointed man" "But surely your profession is full of interest and ambition" "What a good fellow you are,Clennam" "You've never been disappointed, that's easy to see" "Clennam,I don't like to dispel your generous visions and I would give any money (if I had any), to live in such a rose-coloured mist" "But what I do is trash what all these fellows do is trash, and we do it to sell it" "All the rest is hocus-pocus" "Now here's one of the advantages, or disadvantages of knowing a disappointed man You hear the truth" "Farewell partner,you're a disappointed man" "Come along" "I must say good bye" "I shall take great care of her,Sir" "Good Bye,boy" "It is very gratifying, Arthur,to look back on.." "On the past?" "Yes" "I mean the company,that's high" "Miss Dorrit" "Far away from the confined space of the borough high street,Sir" "In Dorset,huge estate,cattle,forest,land annual yield 3000 £ and thereabout" "Sitting on 70000£ old lady" "We can name her" "Name is Dorrit" "No heirs.Old lady dies" "No Dorrits in Dorset" "No Dorrits anywhere estate unclaimed" "Till I read the name in the papers" "Then I hear the same name at my proprietor,curious" "Think no more of it except fancying what a change it would make for the little seamstress" "If" "Think of it again,Sir,and again" "Mold it out,Sir" "The Father of the Marshalsea, see, is the next of kin" "Huge estate,Sir,huge fortune, huge,it's all here ,Sir" "All rights,and legal forms for perfection" "You can go and tell her" "Come on,what are you waiting for" "Good gracious, Arthur—Doyce and Clennam!" "pray excuse a wrapper for upon my word, I really never,and a faded check too" "My little friend.." "I ought to apologize for so early visit but I am sure you'll forgive me when I tell you the reasons" "In times for ever fled it would have sounded strange for you to make apologizes,Arthur" "Forgive me,Mr Clennam" "I mean no bad news,only good news,very good news" "Wonderful news" "None of those peas take these" "Look at that chap he is too proud to eat,let him eat a meal of chaff,then he needs some" "Yes,Aunt,we will go and get some prepared presently" "Very lively today,not nice" "Yes" "Extraordinary news,Dorrit" "Your father" "My father" "Your father,yes" "He will be free within the week" "You must go and tell him now, he will be free within a few days" "We must go to him and tell him" "And this is not all for the fortunes" "Wonderful fortune,dear Little Dorrit" "Shall I tell you more?" "Yes" "Your father will be no beggar when he is free" "He will want for nothing" "We must go and tell him,you see, he knows nothing of this yet" "Little Dorrit" "You want me to tell him all?" "Yes" "Your father will be a rich man" "A great sum of money is waiting to be paid to him" "As part of his inheritance" "You are all wealthy" "You are all wealthy" "Father.Oh Mr Clennam" "My dear what luck,can you believe it" "And I shall think of nothing else this morning" "Now,mines of money,is it really?" "And you dear little thing only this morning looking for needles so poor and now a fortune but you must know my darling because you never will be strong enough to tell him all about it upon teaspoons mightn't it be even best to try" "the directions of my own medical man for though the flavour is anything but agreeable still I force myself to use it as a prescription" "And find the benefit,everybody will congratulate you,some in earnest some not many people will congratulate you with all their hearts but none more so I do assure you from the bottom of my own" "I must go,we must go and tell father,will you come with me?" "My dear love,make God bless you" "We must go and tell father vowing that the dress will never be finished but laid by as a keepsake just as it is and called Little Dorrit" "I shall fetch some wine" "Forgive me has something happened,Sir?" "No,there is nothing wrong,just a piece of good fortune for Mr Dorrit" "And Miss Dorrit" "So old Dorrit is just getting out" "Yes" "How?" "He has inherited some money" "Quite unexpectedly" "So Mr Dorrit is going to be a rich man" "Yes,Mr Dorrit is going to be a very rich man" "Mr Clennam,thank you" "It really is very extraordinary" "I mean" "We found the most..,I mean Mr Pancks has worked it up wonderfully well" "It's all entirely due to him" "We traced back,he traced back,all the connections,he has worked out everything" "He shall be handsomely recompensed" "Assure yourself, Mr Clennam, that everybody concerned shall be nobly rewarded." "No one, my dear Sir,shall say that he has an unsatisfied claim against me I shall repay the advances" "I have had from you, Sir, with peculiar pleasure" "I beg to be informed at your earliest convenience, what advances you have made my son" "All the people who have been well behaved towards myself and my family shall be rewarded" "Chivery shall be rewarded." "Young John shall be rewarded" "Would you allow me,Sir,to supply any present contingencies, I thought .." "Thank you,Sir,thank you." "I accept with readiness" "I am obliged to you for the temporary accommodation" "Exceedingly temporary, but well timed" "Be so kind to add the amount to the former advances a mere verbal statement of the gross amount is all I shall require" "It will be necessary to find a milliner, my love and your sister and your brother,Amy,they must be told immediately,and your uncle" "They must not let them do anything, they must all be informed" "The news has spread,will you show yourself?" "Mr Dorrit is very obviously wanted" "I wish I could,..it must be done" "See to the collar my dear" "It looks better for now" "We had a great news" "Yes" "How can I thank you enough,Mr Clennam" "My little thought,Mr Clennam,when you and I were walking together that night and I told you had a fancy for collecting names that it would come to this" "I little thought I would ever tell you who were the Dorrits of Dorsetshire" "Took a bit of moleing,Sir" "Always moleing must have cost you a lot of money,Mr Pancks" "Not a trifle,I'll tell you how I did it" "First, I spent my own,then I borrowed some from my proprietors" "Mr Casby?" "Noble old boy,ain't he?" "boiling-over old Christian" "Twenty percent.Never do business for less at our shop" "Mr Rugg lend me the rest for ten percent" "Mr Rugg has his haircut,Sir, and the brim of his hat is narrow and there's no more benevolence bubbling out of him, than out of a ninepin" "Now I have my thousands pounds a fortune for me" "Farewell my dear" "Never lose your spirit" "Take heed" "Mind those poorly" "Where is Miss Dorrit?" "Little Dorrit" "Mr Clennam" "I think you must think what I have done,Mr Clennam" "They are all downstairs, Little Dorrit,ready to leave" "I must go,I must hurry,Good Bye Mr Clennam,dear Mr Clennam" "Dear Mr Clennam" "Dorrit" "Can I ask one service of you,as a friend" "Yes" "When you go abroad,and I hear you are travelling to Italy it maybe,that travelling at this time often throws people in all kinds of ways you might meet a friend of mine" "a dear friend,her name is Minnie Gowan will you tell her I hope she is well and happy and that" "Carried out in that dress after all" "And by that Clennam too" "She's been forgotten" "She just fainted,the emotion being too much for her" "Amy" "Take care of her poor little head" "Open your eyes,Amy" "Amy,I am so vexed and ashamed, do rouse yourself,Amy,darling" "Why are they not driving on,Papa" "I shall be working late tonight,Clennam" "Mr Casby" "And he sits there" "With his polished gate,his white hair" "It's too provoking" "Then he says to me" ""Mr Pancks,you have been remiss,Sir"" ""You have been remiss"" "I say to him "What do you mean by that?"" "I mean Mr Pancks you have to be sharper with the people, Sir,much sharper with the people" "You don't squeeze them" "Your receipts aren't up to the mark" "Come,come,Mr Pancks" "Come and dine with me,my partner is working late tonight" "We'll go to that slapped down place on the corner" "Come on" "Two nice slices from the joints of beef and gravy" "He says to me"You must squeeze them"" "Squeeze them" ""Don't I squeeze 'em?" says I what else am I made for" "You are made for nothing else,Mr Pancks" "You are paid to do your duty, but you don't do your duty" "You are paid to squeeze, and you must squeeze to pay" "More portions of cabbage" "Just as it was about to bounce the stage the door man greeted it and shouted in his loudest voice "Tuppence please"" "How can I squeeze them, Mr Clennam,if they are dry?" "They haven't got any money" "And neither hadn't got it" "They say to me "If we had it, we'd be glad to pay you"" "In the muddle" "Out of the muddle, they pay of course" "They say to me "It's you who are in a muddle"" "And be better still" "You wouldn't have to worry of something" "You would be easy in your mind" "That's what they say" "Maybe" "I am looking into it" "I say,Mr Clennam,you are listening?" "Oh,I beg you pardon,Mr Pancks" "I was thinking about Little, about Miss Dorrit" "Little Miss Dorrit?" "I wonder how she is in her new life" "I've heard her sister's is quite often to be seen with great Merdle's stepson" "It is curious how this Merdle touch something" "I heard it reported,Mum that it was Mr Merdle that took it and is not expected that he should lose by it his way of being,if you might say, pay it with gold" "I'll have a four ounce of Irish,please" "I was just saying to Mrs Kidgerbury here, that thought what we were told" "Mr Casby" "Mr Pancks comes from the barber" "I haven't seen them together so long as I can remember" "Mr Casby is coming now" "Pancks coming upstairs" "Mr Casby is coming" "Now" "You sugary swindler" "I mean to have it out with you" "Mr Casby,Sir" "I have discharged myself from your service" "I might help you,what you are" "You are an impostor,Sir" "You ask these good people who is the hard man here" "They tell you it's Pancks at thirty shillings a week" "But I tell you good people it's Casby,here" "And I don't know how much a year" "This lump of love" "This bottle-green smiler" "This is your driver" "A driver in disguise" "A screwer by deputy shaver and squeezer,and wringer by substitute" "Philanthropic sneak" "Shabby deceiver!" "It's time to hear Pancks" "Mr Pancks comes down into the Yard on purpose today that you should hear him" "I ain't an agreeable style of chap" "I know that very well" "I am a dry, uncomfortable, dreary Plodder and Grubber" "That's me" "But what's a man to be, with such a man as this as his Proprietor?" "Casby,come on Casby" "What has my life been?" "Fag and grind, fag and grind, turn the wheel, at me!" "Pancks is only the works but here's the Winder!" "Here's the Stop,that sets the tune to be ground" "And there is but one tune, and its name is Grind, Grind, Grind!" "Here is your Proprietor" "And here is his Grubber" "Why, when he comes smoothly spinning through the Yard like one of them Humming-Top" "moving among you with such smoothness that you've no idea of the pattern painted on them" "So did I may have all the blame on Monday" "Because I am at the present moment under special orders to squeeze you on Monday" "Shabby" "Patriarch,your Casby" "He is uncommonly improving to look at, and I am not at all so" "He is as sweet as honey" "And I am as dull as ditch-water" "He provides the pitch, and I handle it, and it sticks to me" "Dear Mr Clennam" "First I must tell you I met Mrs Gowan" "And she asked me to thank you and tell you she is very well and happy" "And she looked most beautiful" "My life is so strange and I miss you so much" "If you knew how much you would pity me for being so far away and so grand" "What I knew before blends so curiously with everything" "I am fulfilled that it is the Marshalsea just behind that building" "I must get back quickly to Mrs Clennam's house,where I worked for so many days" "My first four years" "Do you remember?" "Mr Clennam,come quickly Mr Clennam" "What's happened?" "It's Smiles,Sir,it's awful his arm got caught in the belt,Mr Clennam something stopped the belt fast enough,now there is blood everywhere" "Mr Doyce" "What a shame,what a shame" "You might not think it,he was such a beautiful reader of newspapers,Smiles was" "Did you know he could do the police in several voices?" "Thank Goodness it was nobody's fault,no one to be blamed for it" "The belts have to be blamed for it,Clennam" "The belts" "And I am to be blamed because I knew of it" "Noise,fatigue a moment inattention and the belts take their man" "Or his arm" "Or his hand" "And I knew of it" "You see,Clennam,once we did the work without all this" "It was so unharmed and we thought of this new idea we made that improvement,and we made tools and we built machines piece meal" "every piece in a violent hurry for someone man's purpose" "Sometimes killing and maiming without heed" "You see Clennam" "We could dispense with the belts all together" "There are a few devices I've been thinking of which would make it possible to transmit the power from the steam engine to a separate machine without the belts" "Was that the idea that was sunk by the fine gentleman of the government offices?" "Yes,and I shouldn't have let it go so easily" "The man was done wrong because I let it go" "I should have pursued it" "An idea is not put into a man's head to be buried it is put into his head to be useful" "Can you explain your idea for me?" "The idea consists of using vacuum and atmospheric pressure as a force directly driving the machines" "Without the belts" "The design is a valve which simply reverses the action of the ordinary steam engine" "A mechanical driven piston forms a vacuum on either side of itself or alternatively within the cylinder and oiled its pipes from the central," "And now I must take it up for you with those gentlemen in the government offices" "They already deserved the government team from start all over again,my lord gentlemen" "And setting up the facts as it was all new" "You fail,business will be shelved alongside minutes 5108 which will vex where you was" "Let's try it anyway" "I should be ashamed if it didn't from the field of a much older and more sensitive interested man contended with such fortitude" "Difficult to say" "Forgive me,just one moment, something I must just" "Excuse me,Daniel" "Only ask you one question" "Are these letters correct?" "Oh,yes" "They are?" "I just wanted to be quite sure when you are gone next week, I shall have no one to guide me" "Arthur,my dear boy" "Arthur,I don't feel comfortable" "Perhaps you are just little anxious" "That's what maybe I am" "Little anxious,but she shouldn't be left to feel lonely just at the present time" "It is after all the first baby" "I feel very much disposed to pack up a bag of baggage be off to see my Pet" "That is a sufficient reason for going" "Travel with Daniel first stretch" "I don't think you could do better" "Weather could not be more promising" "Oh,I beg you pardon,Sir,he is not you" "No,no,not at ll" "I came with a trifle of paper" "Excuse me I want to" "Excuse me I try to find to apply for.." "Excuse me I am trying to find out where to apply" "I want to apply for paper.." "Excuse me if this where" "Excuse me" "Good Bye Meagles" "Daniel,I tell you I have started, I'll get something out from these people" "You will not,take my word for it,you never will" "Does no man any good to have his patience worn out" "To think himself ill used" "Good Luck with your journey and your plans,Daniel" "Thank you,Arthur" "Good Luck,and Daniel I will go on trying" "Try the secretarial department,Mr Wobbler" "Mr Wobbler?" "So he went down to his cousin's place and took the Dog with him by rail." "Inestimable Dog." "Flew at the porter fellow when he was put into the dog-box and at the guard when he was taken out" "Mr Wobbler" "He got half-a-dozen fellows in made the match and heavily backed the Dog." "When the match came off some devil of a fellow was bought over, Sir" "Dog was made drunk, Dog's master was cleaned out." "Mr Wobbler" "What did he call the dog?" "Called him Lovely" "Mr Wobbler" "What's the matter?" "I want to know where to go to apply for a patent concerning a mechanical device" "Can't inform you,know nothing about it nothing at all to do with it, try Mr Clive second door in the passage on the left" "Said the Dog was the perfect picture of the old aunt from whom he had expectations" "Mr Clive" "Yes" "I want to know" "Ah,Mr Barnacle,fellow here wants to know" "You better not bother yourself with it" "Not bother myself with it?" "I recommend you not to bother yourself about it" "But I.." "You can if you like,I can give you plenty of forms to fill up lots of them,but you never go on with it" "Would it be such hopeless work?" "I don't think it would be hopeless" "I don't express an opinion about that;" "I only express an opinion about you" "I don't think you'd go on with it." "However, you can do as you like" "We'd better take you down here to Mr Ledbrain's office" "Now you memorialise this department according to forms which Mr Ledbrain will give you" "When you gave" "That memorial must be entered" "In the Patent Department" "Sent to be registered" "Sent back to be countersigned" "By the Registration Department" "Which will take some time" "Then it will be given to the Regular Patent Department" "For examination" "You will find out when the business passes through each of these stages by asking all these departments" "Till then tell you" "I ask you pardon,my fault" "That was the great Mr Merdle" "And Merdle this and Merdle that" "People say that Merdle is a wonderful to put all to right" "In spite of that,which overlooked it.." "Mr Merdle's Mum got his partnership with the government" "Set himself up spectacularly on the share market" "Mr Clennam what's happened" "Doyce is dead" "Died in Lyon on his way" "That's it" "Pancks come in" "Tell me story of yourself" "It would be an act of charity if you stay a little" "It's so hot" "I was so very,very fond of him,Pancks" "He was a wonderful man, he was such a good friend to me" "I know" "Is curious I've been thinking a lot about Little.." "Miss Dorrit lately" "I wish I know how she is" "I've heard that they could come back soon" "And her sister is to marry Merdle's stepson" "Little stepson" "Btw isn't it odd,Pancks,that these ventures should run in so many people's heads just now" "Ventures?" "What ventures?" "These Merdle enterprises" "Oh!" "Investments" "Yes" "I didn't know you were speaking of investments" "Yes,investments is the word" "Wasn't it a curious thing that they should run in everybody's head?" "Wasn't that how you put it?" "That was what I said" "Think of the whole Yard having got it" "Whether they pay, or don't pay, Merdle, always Merdle" "And why,why?" "Why is always why,why?" "Very strange how these runs on an infatuation prevail" "Ain't it?" "Because you see these people don't understand the subject" "Not a bit" "Not a bit" "Know nothing of figures" "Never made a calculation." "No nothing of money questions" "Never worked it, Sir" "If they had" "Sorry,I thought you spoke" "Not at all" "I might in a minute" "If they had?" "What if they had,I suppose they would know better" "They're right, you know,Mr Clennam" "Right?" "They don't mean to be, but they're right" "You mean they are right in they could speculate with Mr Merdle's railway development?" "Perfectly,Sir" "I've gone into it, I've worked it" "I've made the calculations." "It's safe and genuine" "Do you mean that you would put your thousand pounds, Sir,in Merdle's railway share?" "Certainly" "Already done it,I tell you Mr Clennam,I've gone in to it" "He's a man of immense resource, enormous capital,prodigious enterprise" "He is in everything good from banking to building" "Government influence" "Germane of this,strategy of that,pressing the other" "They are the best scheme to flout.They are safe,safe" "Did you really invested your thousand pounds,Pancks?" "To be sure,I only wish it was ten" "Stop relenting" "All that about Mr Doyce's invention" "Yes" "Keep on writing" "Keep on writing" "What a lot of forms you have come to?" "Nobody wants to know of it,eh?" "Nobody" "And solicitor's fees?" "And agent's fees?" "And registration fees adding up" "Never got any nearer to an end" "Never" "I do my best" "As for these enterprises you talk about,I'm not fit for it" "I'm growing old" "Growing old?" "Hear him" "Old?" "Bring me back,Sir,to the investments" "Make money,Sir" "Be as rich as you honestly can,Sir" "It's your duty" "Not for your sake,but for the sake of others" "Poor Mr Doyce" "All his life's work depends on you" "You don't know what depends upon you" "I don't know" "That's enough for tonight" "One word more than enough" "Why should you leave all the gains to the gluttons,knaves,impostors?" "To my proprietor and the like of him?" "Three or four I say,go in" "And win,win,win" "Around,around,around.." "Two and a half" "Fifteen" "Time does she go round and round" "Is there any left?" "Sir,have you got, Cavourne Inn shares?" "Yes" "Do you have several income bonds?" "Place your bets,ladies and gentlemen, shillings to a pound" "Watch the play a she goes round,and round" "Oh,yes the bet" "Only yesterday" "I'd the intention of selling the whole wretched lot of shares" "And making an end of it" "I've heard many people say that,Mr Clennam" "Say what you want" "I persuaded you to it" "You can't say more than I deserve" "Instead of thanks what do I deserve" "Better luck" "I betrayed Doyce" "An honest and indefatigable old man I've felt so much for" "Meant to be so true and useful to" "Reproach me,Sir" "Betrayed him and his work" "Reproach me,Sir, I'll do myself an injury" "Say,you fool,you villain,you beast" "Why did you do it?" "Say something abusive to me,Sir" "Say that swine,Merdle.." "If only you hadn't made that accursed calculations" "Not been to bed,Sir,since it began to get about" "Been high and low" "And the chance of finding some hope of saving anything" "All in vain,all gone" "Yes I know" "Is it impossible to tide over the present?" "It's impossible" "All night I've been thinking of what I must do" "That is clear my partner's reputation" "I must resign to our creditors the power of management I have so much abused" "I must.." "Have legal help" "What?" "Oh,yes,perhaps I had better" "Have Rugg" "Yes,he will do as well,oh Pancks what have I done" "I'll fetch Rugg" "I am sorry to perceive Sir that you have been allowing your feelings to be worked upon" "There can be no getting on in our profession with feelings being worked upon,Sir" "If the money I have lost had my all my own money" "Mr Rugg,I should have cared far less" "Indeed,Sir,you surprise me" "I have certainly found,in my experience that is their own money, people are most particular about" "I have seen people get rid a great deal of other people's money and wear it very well,very well indeed" "You see there are several engagements that must be met this week" "Perhaps our creditors would be indulgent and understand" "Bond of Dodgson and Bond" "Mr Bond what can I do for you?" "My client Mr Snorley vent to let know" "Yes Mr Bond.." "Chancellor and Samson beg to stake" "Brown Blind Murray liability" "Mr Pancks these people now must be told that it was me,and only me," "I fear our difficulties may come to a crisis soon" "Any writ,yet?" "One little one,Major Palace Jurisdiction" "Listen,Mr Rugg,it cannot be over too soon let them arrest me at once" "They'll come for you soon enough,Mr Clennam,I don't doubt" "But Mr Clennam let it not be only the mere Palace Jurisdiction,I beg you" "A sure professional advisor I should prefer you should be taken on a fully grown writ from on of the superior courts,it looks better" "Mr Rugg,my only wish is that it should be over soon" "About that legal bill of mine" "Name?" "Parker" "This gentleman will attend to your" "You see I go on with that fair little bill of mine,waiting so long." "Also you are taking on a little one you will go to Marshalsea" "Now you know the Marshalsea, very close,excessively confined" "Whereas in the King's Bench" "I'd rather go to the Marshalsea than to any other prison" "Little Dorrit" "Your things is coming,Mr Clennam, and my son is going to carry them up" "Thank you,Mr Chivery" "We thought you liked this room better than any other" "Thank you,Mr Chivery" "Mr Clennam,don't you take any notice of my son,if you'll be so good" "In case you find him cut up anyway,difficult" "My son has an heart and my son's heart is in the right place" "Me and his mother knows where to find it" "And we find it situated correct" "Anything I can do for you,Sir?" "No" "Thank you" "Here is your box" "Very kind of you" "It's a shame that you should have.." "I don't know if I can" "No" "I find I can't" "Why are you angry with me?" "If you weren't under a cloud,which you are and if it wasn't against all the rules of the Marshalsea which it is,I might have it out with you now" "I beg you pardon" "Say no more" "I'm not worth it" "If it is not a liberty,I shall bring a tray" "Try a little something green" "You are very kind but I really can't" "I wonder if it is not worth your while to take care of yourself for your own sake" "It's not worth doing it for some one else" "Truly I don't know for whose sake I" "Mr Clennam I am surprised, Sir,really intrigued,I'm astonished" "Really?" "I had it conquered,Sir" "And resolved to think no more about it" "But when I saw you this morning in the lodge such mingled streams of feelings broke lose within me" "But I was going round and round in a vortex" "I got out of it" "Struggled" "And I got out of it" "And now after all you dodge me and throw me back upon myself of.." "But,what do you mean,John?" "Isn't gentlemanly to throw a person back upon himself" "After he struggled and strived out himself,like a butterfly" "It's all very well to trample on it" "But it is there" "Maybe that it couldn't be trampled on, if it wasn't there,but it is there" "I don't understand,I don't want to offend you,but I don't understand" "Sir,will you have the perfidy to deny that you know what I felt towards Miss Dorrit" "Call it not the presumption of love but adoration and sacrifice" "I will not have any perfidy if I can help it,but" "John,did Miss Dorrit return your affections?" "Miss Dorrit never did,Sir" "It's a scorn to pretend for a moment that she ever did" "She was far above me" "In all respects" "At all times" "I don't understand you" "Mr Clennam" "Do you mean you don't know" "Know what?" "Lord,he says what!" "He says what and he means it" "Do you see this window,Sir?" "Yes,of course" "The wall,the yard,they all been witness to it day after day,night after night,month after month" "Witness of what?" "Of Miss Dorrit's love" "For whom?" "You" "Will you appeal Mr Clennam?" "The writ" "I will" "I will" "Good Night" "It's nobody's fault,it's business" "I am a man of business" "My business is to squeeze" "I'm paid to squeeze,I'm squeezed to pay" "Paid to squeeze,squeezed to pay, pay to squeeze,squeezed to pay" "Paid to squeeze,squeezed to pay, paid to squeeze,squeezed to pay" "Why leave all the gains to the gluttons,knaves,impostors" "Little Dorrit" "Little Dorrit" "Little Dorrit" "Little Dorrit" "Dorrit?" "Subtitles by Seglora" "Subtitles by Seglora" "The flies troubles you again don't they, my dear?" "Perhaps they'll take your mind off of it and do you good" "What between the burying ground the grocer's,the wagon-stables and the paunch trade the Marshalsea's flies grow very large" "Perhaps they've sent as a consolation if we did but know it" "That's right" "Think of a sweet little child being born inside the Lock" "Now ain't it pretty,ain't that something to carry you through in pleasant?" "And you are crying,don't you" "Making yourself so famous" "All the flies are falling into the gallipots by fifties" "Everything is going so well and here ain't your dear gentleman along with the doctor" "How are you now my dear lady" "No better than could be expected" "Now indeed we are three,I think" "We shall come out of this like a house a fire" "Only tomorrow we intended she should go to a country lodging" "We're as right as we can be,Mrs Bangham" "Go outside and fetch a little brandy" "Or we shall have you giving in" "Thank you,Sir,but none on my accounts" "Mrs Bangham you'll be off this minute to fetch a little brandy" "Let us see" "What shall I do?" "What shall I do?" "A very nice little girl indeed" "A little but well formed" "Why?" "We hadn't had such a thing,I believe my dear" "Not that I couldn't name the time when" "By rights,I ought to be the godfather" "Perhaps you wouldn't object to, really being her godfather?" "I don't object" "All the family comfortable now?" "Yes,you've been very kind to us" "I don't suppose we should be here much longer now, a few weeks" "Of course,only a few weeks" "Is he to go out soon?" "Out?" "He'll never get out" "Unless his creditors shove him out" "Amy!" "No wonder" "I wonder which is the helplessness, the newborn baby or him" "Come for a conversation,my dear" "Your uncle is going out" "Take care now,Mr Dorrit" "Where's uncle going?" "Outside" "What is outside?" "Outside?" "Why?" "It's people all manner of people" "Streets,dust,houses,and it is fields and there is the river" "Where are the flowers?" "Over there!" "Just over there" "Is it nice to be there,Bob?" "Lovely" "Full of flowers" "There is daisies,butter cups dandelions,all manner of games" "Have a little taste" "Let's have an egg" "Was father ever here?" "Yes, sometimes" "Would he like to be here now?" "Now?" "Not particular" "Mr Tefford,Sir, is to be seen in places frequented by the best legal company" "Let me see" "Have we here any little property left on trouble?" "No?" "Any little trifle tucked away?" "Mr Tefford is acquainted with the most eminent legal authorities,you understand" "Any unlawful preference is credited" "Any creditors taking precedence in a forceful manner" "There is a Mr Tite Barnacle" "Barnacle?" "Any other names?" "I don't know" "I'm very much obliged that you should take the trouble,I am most obliged" "Mr Tefford is acquainted with the most eminent.." "Hi,yeah,come on in then" "Wait here a minute,will you?" "I didn't know you had children here" "Oh Lord,we have a regular playground actually here" "My little friend was born here" "Born here?" "Father is a real gentleman, educated her at no end of expense" "Plays the piano like,what,beautiful" "Any little sticks that is coming for you?" "Haven't got any, man" "Learns languages too, speaks French better than we" "Our regrets" "Your respected lady should be no more" "In short,Sir,on behalf of all of us" "In short,Sir" "Here it is" "Would it be useful telling me to keep this room?" "Oh,child" "What are you doing,child?" "I am Mrs Robinson" "Mr Robinson is in Australia, address,the bush" "Please,Ma'am,I was born here" "So you are the child?" "What are you doing?" "Please,Mum,I want to learn to read" "Read?" "But then you must go to school" "Why don't they send you to school?" "Amy,my tapes are run down,tie them up will you" "Hurry" "Amy,you are a dear" "Ah,you are the child?" "You are the child aren't you?" "Your habits mangled,Esq." "See to my cuff,Amy,if you, please" "How long you've been" "You are a good girl" "You are a very good girl" "My favourite child" "It's not too hot" "Where there any letters?" "No Father" "What am I to do if that letter doesn't come,what am I to do fettered as I am" "Are you quite sure there were no letters?" "Can't someone carry the hot water for you?" "It's not heavy" "My daughter shouldn't been seen carrying hot water" "I am doing what I can to keep a position here for you all" "I am doing what I can for you" "With the compliments of Herbert Smangle on taking leave" "This is very gentlemanly of Mr Smangle quite unexpected but I mustn't say very gentlemanly" "You didn't see me over the kettle,did you Amy?" "Please,Uncle,I want to go to school" "Very good girl,Amy" "Why do you want to go to school?" "I want to learn to read" "But you are so little" "I'm quite strong enough" "Please,Uncle,there is a school where you live" "Bob says so" "Please can I go to school, I'll go in the evenings" "Please,Uncle" "Eight take away four carry two" "I can't make it out" "Four four carry three" "Getting quite proud of your father" "The oldest inhabitant soon" "I've got ot all worked out,my dear" "The Marshalsea wouldn't be the Marshalsea now without him and the family" "Look Bob I've divided the house keeping money" "Look,Monday,Tuesday.." "Good Day Sir" "Come on in" "Get to move on,young fellow" "If you please,Sir,I was born here" "Oh,you're the young lady,are you?" "Please,Sir,you are a dancing master,aren't you?" "Yes,what can I do for you?" "Nothing for me,thank you,Sir" "If,while you stay her,you could be so kind as to help my sister" "Teach my sister cheap" "My child,I'll teach you for nothing" "Come to the side and backwards" "Again" "Good girl,how did you get it?" "With the right?" "What is the dreadful noise?" "It's the dancing master" "Fanny is doing like a house in fire" "A little weak today" "Leave all that and come and talk to me" "Time Mr Dorrit,Mr Dorrit" "You know they call me the Father of the Marshalsea" "I dare say eleven years in the place gives one the claim to the title" "It looks a little small here at first" "But there is a little good company" "Among a mixture" "Let the fellow lay an exception" "And the air is good" "Blows over the sunny hills" "And take great care of yourself" "Yes,Sir" "That's your milliner,my dear" "It's time" "Me?" "What have you forgotten?" "What can I do for you?" "I forgot to leave this for the Father of the Marshalsea" "My good,Sir,he is infinitely obliged to you" "You come with me,my dear" "Sit down" "Please,Ma'am,I was born here" "You are the child,are you?" "Yes,Ma'am" "I'm sorry I haven't got anything for you" "It's not that ,Ma'am" "If you please I want to learn needle work" "Why?" "Look at me!" "Hasn't done me much good" "Nothing seems to have done anyone here much good" "I want to learn all the same" "I am afraid you are so weak,you see" "I don't think I am weak,Ma'am" "You are so very,very,little,you see" "Yes,I am afraid I am very little" "I want to learn all the same" "Good girl" "Ah,lovely" "Bravo" "Bob,what's to become of poor Tip?" "Well,my dear,something ought to be done for him" "Suppose I try to get him into the Law?" "That's would be good of you,Bob" "This won't do my dear" "Now that's better" "Father,Fanny isn't going to live with us just now" "She is going to live outside" "Or with uncle" "You surprise me" "Why?" "Uncle wants a companion" "I think he should be looked after" "A companion?" "He comes here quite often" "You look after him a great deal more than your sister ever will" "Also it may be as well for Fanny not quite to live here" "Always" "She wasn't born here as I was,you know,my dear" "I don't quite follow you,Amy" "But it is natural I suppose that Fanny should prefer to be outside" "You shall have your own way" "I'll not meddle,don't mind me" "Now it's stop a bit" "Supposing Plornish was put out your bit of writing in a good place" "Supposing he finds somewhere where they want a bit of needle work done?" "Supposing he finds a couple of places in want of needle work?" "Supposing" "Oh,it's Tip" "Come here,haven't seen you for ages" "Supposing I get together eight shillings a week" "Do you think that is reasonable,Bob?" "My room upstairs is going to cost me four shillings a week out of that" "And supposing" "Tip" "Look here old girl" "I've been in that place for six months now" "And I'm not going back" "Not going back?" "Don't look at me like that" "I'm tired of it so I have cut it" "Well,my dear suppose I try to get him into the hop trade" "Dear Bob you are very kind" "And Bob and now that Fanny earns a little at the theatre where she dances" "Supposing I do get some needle work" "And supposing all these things" "Suppose" "Miss Dorrit" "Please sit down" "Plornish is out to see about a job,Miss Dorrit" "But he left this at his chair" "Thank you.Mrs Plornish" "There is a Mrs Clennam for you" "Stamford Chips right and turn left" "Then left cross off Hallows Lane then round it" "You're the Dorrit girl?" "Yes,Sir" "She is expecting you upstairs" "She is confined to her room" "Paralysed" "This is the girl" "Amy Dorrit,Ma'am" "You are very little" "I am quite strong,if you please,Ma'am" "I hope you will be quiet and industrious,little Dorrit" "Affery will show you what is to be done" "Flintwinch will see to your remuneration" "Thank you,Ma'am" "Flintwinch,the letters" "On your desk" "You can start with that,mending" "You can work in her room she likes to have someone in there should she want something" "Amy,don't speak to her" "She doesn't want to know of nothing" "Good Evening,Mrs Chivery" "I have come for Uncle's snuff and could I have two cigars,please" "That will be six pence" "Thank you" "You've been so long" "Look,Mrs Chivery is sending you these with our compliments" "Extremely civil of Mrs Chivery" "Very respectful" "A very well conducted family,the Chiveries" "Such an odd gentleman,you see" "His head are right and the knot of his cravat and the one here" "Quite like a corkscrew" "And where was that?" "Outside,I've heard that they found Gebring's horse again" "And the cook shop next door having it painted" "And a new shop with a window" "You all go out so much" "I haven't seen Fanny for days" "Fanny is doing so wonderfully well,you know" "She is really,she looks so pretty in the dress I'm making for her now" "Cream,a very good colour for her debute,I think" "Would you care to dine now?" "Amy,silly little thing" "Amy,you are tickling me" "Very new to me" "Amy,you are dear" "Fanny,what's that?" "Amy,I don't like you to notice such a trivial thing" "There is a pin in here,I'm sorry" "Fanny,where did you get that bracelet?" "Help me,Amy,I must go now,will be late" "It's nothing wrong little goose" "A lady I met gave it to me" "But Fanny" "Come on,Uncle,we must be gone" "Have fun" "Don't fret,Amy,that's dear" "Where is my bonnet?" "Uncle,come on,we are late" "Uncle,come on" "Affery woman,she will be calling for her tea" "Slue yourself,bustle" "Yes,Jeremiah" "I want for all,don't keep her waiting,don't do it" "Yes,Jeremiah,is that a letter from Joy,eh?" "Poor,poor lady" "Don't forget,don't be too curious,Affery" "Or I may think you only want a fidgety game" "It's a letter from Arthur" "May his soul rest in peace,Flintwinch" "May his sins be forgiven" "May his great sin be forgiven" "Now,don't get into any great tantrum about him" "He was Arthur's father,you know" "I had no particular love for Arthur's father" "He wasn't much above me when I served his uncle in this house" "He was poorer as far as his pocket went" "Starved in the parlour while I starved in the kitchen" "Never took to him much" "He was an undecided sort of chap,scared to death of his uncle" "No head for business" "But you were the wife his uncle had chosen for him" "And he is dead,so don't" "don't" "Do not forget" "Little Mother!" "Oh,Maggy,what a clumsy child you are" "Come on" "He does pickles" "It's very dear, Maggie isn't it?" "Pretty strong landing was against" "Write a letter to the papers" "Let me carry for you old girl" "No thank you,I'm fine" "Amy,I've got a situation" "Luck Tip,what is it?" "You know Slinger,the dealer" "Well,Hopkins,and where have you been this hour" "He is out on Monday,and you give me a berth" "What is it?" "Horses" "I should do all right now,Amy" "Oh,could you lend me four shillings,so be it" "Just a trifle I have to say to you" "Less noise,there ladies" "Noise there darling" "Here she is" "Amy" "Whatever brought you here?" "I wanted to see you,I am going out all day,tomorrow" "So I thought it.." "But the idea of you coming behind" "I never did that" "I think since you get here,just like you, you could make your way anywhere ,Amy" "What have you got on your mind about me,Amy" "You have got something on your mind,haven't you?" "Nothing important" "Just I have been uneasy about that bracelet" "Let me tell you" "Let them get away first" "So you are curious about me?" "I am interested" "I suppose I am a little provoking but you must consider what it is to occupy my position and feel superior to me" "I shouldn't care" "Many of them are so common" "Below" "Uncle,it is time to go home" "My dear child,you shall know all about it" "We'll drop Uncle off at the cook shop and we'll walk if you are not too tired, to Harley Street,Cavendish Square" "Mrs Merdle,my sister,Ma'am" "Also professional?" "No" "No,has not the professional air,very pleasant but not professional,sit down" "My sister,Ma'am,has been asking me to tell her how I came to have the honour of knowing you" "And as I had engaged to call upon you once more maybe you would tell her" "I couldn't object,I am sure Miss Dorrit" "I have a son,I was first married extremely young" "Of two or three and twenty" "He is a little flighty" "And he is very impressible" "I am very impressible myself by nature not misfortune in our natural state I dare say but we are not in our natural state" "Society suppresses us and dominates us" "Bird be quiet" "We know society is hollow and conventional,very shocking" "But unless we are savages in the tropical seas" "I should have been charmed to be one myself a most delightful life and perfect climate I am told but unless we are savages, we must consult it" "Bird be quiet" "So my son is very impressible" "Now the stage has sometimes the fascination for young men of that class of character" "By the stage I mean the people on it of the female sex" "Therefore when I heard that my son was fascinated by a dancer" "I confided in her being a dancer at the Opera where young men moving in society are usually fascinated" "When I found what the theatre was" "I was much distressed" "But when I found that your sister by rejecting my son's advances,had brought him to the point of proposing marriage" "My feelings were of profoundest anguish" "In a distracted condition I made myself known to your sister and I found her to my surprise, quite different from expectations" "Quite different" "I told you,Ma'am" "I was so far above the rest that I considered my family as good as your son's" "I am much obliged to you,Miss Dorrit for recalling it so accurately and anticipating me" "I immediately took a bracelet from my arm" "I am the creature of impulse,and gave it to her as a token of my delight at our being able to approach the subject on a common footing" "And I told you,Mrs Merdle, that my father's standing even in the society in which he now moved with eminently superior and acknowledged by everyone" "The very words,Miss Dorrit" "Thank you,ma'am,let my sister know if you please" "That I had already had the pleasure of telling your son" "I wished to have nothing whatever to say to him" "Quite accurate" "And on parting your sister was so obliging as to allow me to present her with a mark of my appreciation at my dress makers" "And now if you will permit me to say fare well" "With my best wishes,Miss Dorrit" "A more primitive state of society would be delicious to me" "If a few thousands persons moving in society could only go and be Indians" "I would put my name down directly" "Unfortunately" "You know Merdle has made another enormous hit" "They say one hundred thousand pounds" "I am glad to think that all this will be saved to the coffers of a gentleman to let him into the best interests of society" "Have you nothing to say Amy?" "I don't know what to say" "You didn't like this young man?" "Like him?" "Almost an idiot" "I'm sorry,don't be hurt" "I'm sorry you suffered this lady to give you anything" "You little fool" "Have you no spirit at all?" "And you don't have respect" "Would you let your Fanny be charmed by that woman and thanked her for it" "Don't be mad" "Then make her pay for it, you mean little thing" "What else can you do?" "Make her pay for it,you stupid child and do your family some credit with the money" "If you despise me so much for being a dancer why did you put me in the way of being one?" "It was your doing" "It's all your fault" "And father... poor father" "Because he is not free to speak for himself you would let that woman insult him with impunity" "If you don't feel for yourself because you go out to work you might feel for him at least" "After all he has endured" "I am the wretchedest girl in the world" "I wish I was dead" "I beg you pardon,Amy" "Please forgive me" "Please,Fanny" "Don't say anything" "I shan't go any way near her dressmaker's" "I won't have any use to make my dresses,Amy dear" "Only you know Amy" "If you knew a little more about the world, you would see all this in a different way" "Noaks was at Garraway's yesterday, closing price went down again last night" "You should have bought" "You made a mistake there,Jeremiah" "It's going down" "We should have bought I tell you" "You are one of the most opinionated and obstinate of women that's what you are,it's going down I tell you,I know I am right" "There is demon of anger in you Flintwinch" "I don't care if there is,I don't like you to drop down upon me" "I won't take it" "You mean you don't like me remonstrating with you" "I mean drop down upon me,I won't have it" "I won't have you take such high ground with me when you.." "Flintwinch" "Now here" "You know I am right but you will have it your own way" "When you have a purpose, nothing will turn you from it" "When I have justified it to myself,and then" "You are the most determined woman on earth" "And if you want to justify your purpose then of course you will do it" "I justify myself by the authority on those Books" "Never mind that" "You want to make everything go down before you" "You want to swallow everybody up alive" "But I am a bit of oddity in point of temper" "And the peculiarity of my temper,ma'am, is that I will not be swallowed up alive" "And I tell you something else while I am at it" "When Arthur comes back I am not to be standing between you and him like I stood between you and his father" "To be crushed and pounded between the two of you,I won't have it" "It won't be necessary" "How do you know that?" "How do you know what you want to do when he comes back?" "How do you know if he'll know even what he wants to do" "How do you know he won't be like his father or weak and indecisive?" "How do you know he isn't going to want to give up the business and take another stand?" "And how do you know he won't take up his mother after all" "Flintwinch,how dare you speak of her to my face,how dare you" "How dare you speak to me that like that,how dare you" "I have brought up Arthur,I have brought him up to be dutiful and upright" "And submissive to me with wholesome repression and enc.." "You mean you terrified him like you terrified his father" "It was for his own good" "I shall have seen it by the light that stood him" "I'll tell you,Flintwinch it was for his good and not for the satisfaction of my injury" "Who was I but an instrument of war against sin" "Appointed to reclaim that lost boy" "From that creature of a devil" "Did I not devote myself to that task?" "Concealing from Arthur all knowledge of his sinful past" "I brought him up in fear and hardship and contrition" "Knowing that the sins of his parents lay heavy on his head" "I watched him looking up at me with awe" "With his mother's face" "Trying to scoff at me with his mother's looks" "Which hardened me" "Shield me if you like that" "Arthur's father reminded no further apart with half the globe between us then we were together in this house" "From my married day I was his true head" "And she been into that" "You will have it your way" "You hammer headed woman" "And have I suffered nothing in this room" "No deprivation,no imprisonment" "Blind your with a hoot of murmuring" "Because it is appointed that I shall so make reparations" "Has there not been reparations enough" "In this room for fifteen....years" "Mrs Clennam,if you please,do you want the cups stand out as well" "Amy" "It's only I was thinking of Bob" "Poor,dear Bob" "He was a very kind man" "Old Bob" "Very considerate" "How old was Bob,Amy?" "He was just sixty nine" "Hardly older than me" "Soon my funeral will go out through those gates,I know it" "Oh,father" "It must be,it must be" "Will anyone grieve for me?" "Will it make some talk?" "Will the say "That was the Father of the Marshalsea gone,the poor castaway gone"" "What does it matter whether such a blighted life as mine comes to an end,now, next week or next year" "What am I worth to anyone?" "A poor prisoner fed on arms as squalid, disgraced wretch" "Father,please" "Please,please" "Amy my poor little girl, my poor motherless child" "What will you remember of me when I'm gone?" "Please,don't,darling,please don't" "Amy,how much better you would love me if only you had seen me as your mother saw me" "I was young and accomplished and good looking" "People sought me out" "They envied me,Amy,they envied me" "Father,darling,please,look at me" "I love you,please,darling" "If only I had a picture of me in those days" "You'll be so proud of me" "I am proud of you" "I am proud of you" "I am proud of you kind and you're the handsomest man I know,I am proud of you,look at this linen" "Isn't it soft?" "I am going to make some new shirts the handsomest ever, with a double row of little stitching around the collar" "Who ever has a double row of stitching around their collar now?" "I'd never heard such noise as now before you come down" "What?" "The noise" "And such a curious movement" "Rats" "Cats,water" "Drains" "No" "I've heard it before" "And felt it" "Once in the staircase like a rustle and a sort of trembling beyond me" "Affery,my woman,if you don't get Mr Arthur's coffee pretty quick you are going to become sensible to a rustle and send you flying to the end of the kitchen" "Mrs Affery,shall I take the linen out to Mrs Clennam's room?" "Yes and be quick" "Mr Arthur will be coming down soon" "Good Morning,mother" "Thanks" "But if he came sneaking and sniffing about the fund it should he be given to understand that he has no right to it" "Wasn't that my idea?" "Amy" "I've come back,Amy" "What do you mean you've come back?" "Amy I'm afraid you will be vexed this time" "What do you mean,say it?" "I've come back as one of the wretched you see" "Oh,no" "Tip,not a prisoner,don't say that" "I don't want to say it" "But you can't understand it without my saying it" "What must I do?" "Let it be fully understand that I shall not neglect.." "It shall kill father if he finds out" "Oh,Tip,his favourite pickle" "Took me so long" "Miss Amy" "I'm afraid I'm disturbing you" "Mr Dorrit said you might be here" "Miss Amy,Miss Amy I beg you to listen to me" "I know very well your family is far above mine and your brother and sister spurn me from a height" "My station viewed as tobacco or viewed as the lock is lonely" "But Miss Amy I have had for long time a heart cherished wish to say something to you.May I have your leave to say it?" "If you please,John Chivery,since you are so considerate as to ask,if you please,no" "Never Miss Amy" "No,if you please never" "But John,when you think of us, my brother and sister and I" "Don't think us being different from anyone else" "It will be much better,and never think of me,nor this place again" "I am saying this because I trust you,good bye,John" "Don't,don't cry" "Good Bye,John" "Good Bye, Miss Amy" "Something,I do not know what, has gone wrong with Chivery" "I can't think what has given him offence" "He is generally so very attentive and respectful" "He was quite short with me last night,other people there too" "It's impossible to forget unfortunately that I am so dependent on these people for something every hour of the day" "Without their support and recognition I might starve to death" "I can't think what it would be" "Look away,Amy" "Don't listen to me,Amy,I am a miserable wretch of ruin,look away Amy" "Twenty three years here" "All I could do for my children,I've done it" "Amy,my love,I have had you principally in my mind" "Whatever I have done" "I have done it for your sake, freely and without meandering" "I've done it for you" "Oh,look" "Soon we should have some runner beans, with butter and parsley,you know?" "Where do you live?" "Oh,quite far on the other side of the river" "Won't you eat a little,Frederick?" "I have dined already,I think" "You don't take sufficient care of yourself,Fredrick" "Your habits aren't as precise and methodical as mine are" "Yes" "Yes,Willie" "If only you could be persuaded to smarten yourself up a little" "Yes" "Yes but I can't be.That's all over" "Consider my example" "Necessity and time have taught me what to do" "I am not like you,William" "I know nothing of the world, I'm only a tired thing" "Like the shadow over the sundial" "There never was such a house whisperings,mysteries and secrets" "The noise isn't the worst you see, but it is a feckless dire then if Jeremiah don't strangle me in berth as I expect he will" "Don't you ever hear noises?" "What sort of noises,Mrs Affery?" "Rustles and scrambling about,trembling, treads overhead,treads underneath" "I don't think so" "You would,though" "If you lived in a house and was obliged to go about it as I am" "And it feels any noise so well worth speaking of" "I feel he was near burst" "I'm not being allowed to speak" "But what they are doing up there,it is past their time" "Jeremiah said you should bring up the tray today" "Arthur he ought to get the better of them two clever ones for his own self, he really ought to" "For he hasn't lived here long years to made a fear of his life like I have" "Though he was mighty feared of her when he was little" "She used to lock him up in the dark cabinet" "Too frightened to scream him,poor little mite" "Both of us as fear together we was" "That's her oysters" "Aren't you late for your oysters?" "When I recounted it to doctor Haggage this morning,he was very much amused" "I can't say why I strayed into this story" "I really can't see the connection" "William,I found this gentleman,Mr Clennam some of Amy's friends at the outer gate wishful to pay his respect" "But hesitating to come in" "This is my brother William,Sir" "Mr Clennam,you do me honour, you are welcome,Sir" "Pray sit down" "Thank you" "Welcome to the Marshalsea,Sir,I have welcomed many gentlemen to these walls" "You will excuse,Mr Clennam,but primitive customs to which we are reduced here" "If you would do me the honour,Sir?" "Thank you,no" "Your first visit here,Sir?" "My first" "You could hardly have been here without my knowledge" "It very seldom happens that anybody with any pretensions comes here without being presented to me" "Amy,my dear,I've being trying half the day to remember the name of the gentleman from Camberwell who was introduced to me last Christmas you know" "I don't remember" "I mean the gentleman who did that handsome action with so much delicacy" "Mr Clennam,you may like to know what it is?" "Very much" "It is so generous and show so much fine feeling that it is almost a duty to mention it" "This gentleman had a garden though he wouldn't say so at first as gardens are not accessible to me though it came out through my admiring a beautiful cluster of geraniums very fine geraniums,which he presented to me with a piece of paper around it" "He made a particular request that I should remove the paper in half an hour" "I did so" "It contained two guineas" "I assure you,Mr Clennam, I have received many testimonials many degrees of value,but I never was more pleased than with this one" "Mr Clennam,my eldest daughter,Fanny" "And Tip too" "My son,Tip" "There is the sign.." "There is plenty of time,plenty of time" "Mr Clennam allow me to see you downstairs" "No,no" "I am deeply,deeply.." "Mr Clennam" "Pray forgive me for having come but I should like.." "You are very good,Sir,but I wish you hadn't watched me" "The bell is going to stop,you must go now or you will be locked in" "The bell has stopped you must go,quickly" "Tomorrow morning I'll go by the Iron Bridge at ten o'clock" "That's not my fault" "That's not your fault" "Not, nobody's fault" "Who was to blame for it?" "His nose once brought to it shall be held to it,by these hands, Mr Quench,till the sparks" "I now got his.." "And the gentleman last night was locked in" "Oh,I'm sorry" "All right,well he got a bed,it was Snuggery" "What do you go so and so for?" "Where are you going,can I come with you?" "No,Maggie I'm going to work" "I am sorry you were locked in last night" "It was nothing" "I had a very good bed" "Yes I believe there are excellent beds at Snuggery" "It's very expensive" "Mr Clennam,I should like to tell you something" "Tell me,Little Dorrit" "I want to thank you for last night" "And then I wish very much to say" "To say?" "Then I hope you will not misunderstand my father don't judge him like you judge others outside the gates he has been there so long,he must have grown different in some things not that there is anything to be ashamed of" "He only requires to be understood" "All he said was quite true,you know" "He is very much respected" "It is often said that his manners are a true gentleman and quite a study,everyone who comes in is glad to know him" "He is more courteous than anyone else,that's why they make him presents" "Maybe I could do something to get him out" "No,no use,you do not know how hopeless it is" "Even if it could be done, where and how would father live" "People might not think so well of him outside as they do here" "He may not be fit for a life outside" "It would be such distress for him to know I earn,I earn even a little money" "And Fanny.He is so anxious about us,feeling so helpless you know" "I'll come to say good bye,old girl,I'm off" "What do you mean?" "Someone paid Captain Barbary off" "Heard of it from Plornish, says he is a friend" "A friend?" "Plornish makes an awful meal of it too" "Anyway I am cutting out,I'll see you" "A friend?" "Tip,Tip,who is it?" "Mrs Plornish,I do apologize,forgive me for" "Please sit down,Miss Dorrit" "The name of the gentleman that paid of Captain Barbary" "I'm not to tell,Miss Dorrit" "Sworn to secrecy" "All I am at liberty to say is that the gentleman is a friend,I dare say,I could say that he is the son of a friend of yours and I could say,that he gave an address in Covent Garden" "Little Dorrit,Sir" "Poor child" "It must be nearly midnight" "I said little Dorrit,Sir,on purpose, I knew you must be surprised" "Are you alone?" "No,Sir,I got Maggie with me" "This is Maggie,Sir" "But you are so wet and so cold" "Thank you,Sir" "Maggie is old Mrs Barnham's granddaughter" "You are very kind,Sir" "You know she can do all kinds of things" "She handles her own living entirely,she really does" "But can in no way be right to be in the streets this late hour" "I've never been out so late" "We've been to the theatre where my sister works,I like to know how she is doing" "It's not often that I can do it" "I pretended tonight that I was at a party" "Oh,certainly I was never at a party in my life" "I could never be of any use if I did not pretend a little" "May I tell you something,Sir?" "Yes" "My brother has come out and I think,I think I know,thank you" "I am very glad for your brother,Little Dorrit" "There is something else" "I hope you will not be offended,Sir" "No,I promise I won't" "I hardly know if you can if you come back to see my father again,please Mr Clennam" "don't do it,don't give it to him,don't give him any money" "You don't know what he is" "You don't know what he really is" "How can you?" "Seeing him there all at once and not gradually like I have done" "I understand,Little Dorrit" "I can't bear it if you,of all people would have think ill of him" "I quite understand" "Have a little to eat?" "No thank you,Sir" "Maggie might like some,oh, we must be gone,it's late" "We must go,it's late,come Maggie" "We must go,we must go,thank you,Sir" "But the gates will be locked now" "I am going to Maggie's lodging, I should be quite safe,thank you, Sir" "Good Night Sir,thank you" "Come Maggie,quickly,we must be going" "Come,Maggie,quickly" "Why?" "Come,Maggie,quickly" "It's a good lodging for you Maggie, we mustn't wake anyone" "We must be patient, my dear,and wait till day" "It's all very fine for you,I am a poor thing" "Only ten years old" "Cold" "In only six hours we will be able to go home" "Why don't you have something to eat?" "I am cold" "I want to go asleep" "It'll soon be over,my dear" "I wonder" "I can answer that Sir, I'm waiting for Miss Dorrit" "Here" "Take this to Bethnal Green.Bowdry Lane" "Miss Dorrit,I have a message from a gentleman" "Casby" "It's ordering for needle work" "Thank you,John" "I am really so sorry that I should happen to be late on this morning of all mornings" "Because my intention was to be ready to meet you when you came in and to say that anyone that interest Arthur Clennam half as much must interest me and I am so glad instead of which they never" "Cold thing Good gracious child getting worse sitting out in the cold well I expect you to find you by the fire and reading the paper" "Hasn't that heedless girl given the message in the end and if you don't happen to like either cold fowl or boiled ham" "Bread and butter and a cup of tea is all I usually" "My dear child,what absolute nonsense I can never hear such a thing" "You are coming here on the footing of a friend" "Besides which Arthur Clennam spoke to me in such terms" "You are looking tired,my dear, I dare say you live a great way off" "No,I'm quite well,thank you,ma'am" "Then take your tea at once I beg" "I am obliged to be careful to follow the directions of my medical man although the taste is far from agreeable being a poor creature may be never recover the shock received in youth from giving way to too much crying in the next room" "when separated from Arthur have you known him long?" "I've met him at his mother on his return from China" "Was that at Arthur's mother was it?" "Highly sensible and firm but dreadfully severe ought to be the mother of the man in the iron mask" "Glowering like Fate in the go-cart" "Shocking comparison,really invalid and not her fault" "Mrs Clennam has been very kind to me" "Has she really?" "I am glad to hear it thinking as Arthur's mother is naturally pleasant to my feelings" "Shall I found my work somewhere,ma'am?" "There is really not the slightest hurry" "It's better we should begin by being confidential about our mutual friend" "Very proper expression mutual friend" "Are you sure you are quite well and strong enough to work today?" "Thank you,ma'am,I've always been strong enough to do what I want to do, I'm quite well thank you" "I would rather work here" "Then you shall have your way" "You must know,my dear, no doubt you know already because I have thrown it about in a general sort of way because I feel it carry it stamped in burning what's his names upon my brow that before I was introduced to the late Mr F." "I had been engaged to Mr Arthur Clennam we were all in all to one another it was the morning of life,it was frenzy it was everything of that sort in the highest degree" "When rent asunder we turned to stone in which capacity Arthur went to China and I became the statue bride of the late Mr F." "Romance flared as I said Mr F. when he proposed to me and you would be surprised, he proposed seven times" "Once in hackney coach, once on a pew,once on a boat once in Turnbridge Wells,once on a donkey,and the rest on his knees" "Such is life you see,my dear, and yet we do not brake but bend" "And we draw a veil of that dreamy life" "Mr F. was in good spirit, and we settled down but yet ere we had fully discovered the housemaid selling the feathers out of the spare bed Gout flying upwards soared with Mr F. to a higher sphere" "I returned to papa's roof and settled down" "Happily until one day papa came smoothly blundering in to say that Arthur Clennam was below" "Ask me not,ask me not if I love him still or if he loves me" "What the end is to be we are surrounded on all sides by watchful eyes,not a word not a look must betray us everything must be silent as the tomb" "Hush,dear,hush,I have told you all,and hush my dear for I will always be a friend to you,for Arthur's sake" "You are very kind,ma'am" "Won't you call me,Miss Flora" "But it's as well to leave that now" "I cannot undertake to say after all,you know,you will forgive me" "I have some things to attend to, you're sure you feel well enough?" "Quite well,think you" "Busy,I see" "What are those now,Miss Dorrit?" "Handkerchiefs" "Are they though!" "Perhaps you wonder who I am?" "Shall I tell you?" "I'm a fortune teller" "I should like to have a look at the palm of your hand,if I am not troublesome" "Years of toil,eh?" "What else are we made for?" "Nothing.Hello" "What's this with bars?" "And what is this with a grey gown?" "A father" "And what's this with a clarinet?" "An uncle" "And the dancing shoes?" "A sister" "And this loitering about?" "A brother" "And this?" "Thinking for them all" "Why this is you" "And what the deuce is this?" "If it isn't me" "What does it mean?" "We shall live to see,Miss Dorrit" "Don't mind me,Miss Dorrit" "Don't mind me when I come and go" "It's no loss" "I'm not good company" "You shall live to see,Miss Dorrit" "Who is that little Mother?" "Seen him often,staring" "Because he is a fortune teller" "I wonder what he knows" "There is your neckerchief and in a regular good bow,father" "Regular beau you are yourself,thanks for walking with Miss Dorrit,ain't you?" "Let's go along to father, and celebrate Nandy's birthday" "Julius Caesar,Julius Caesar" "I could have believed a great deal of you but I didn't think I could have believed this" "Even of you" "But Fanny" "Don't Fanny me.You are getting a little piece of bruise" "The idea,the idea of coming along in the open streets in broad daylight,arm in arm with a Pauper" "Fanny" "The way you are determined to disgrace us,on all occasions is really infamous" "The principal pleasure of your life is to remind your family of their misfortunes" "And the next great pleasure of your existence is to keep low company" "You common-minded thing, you complete prison child" "But Fanny" "Amy,Amy" "But father" "Amy, I have done what I could to keep you select here" "To retain a position for you here" "I may have succeeded, I may not,I don't know" "I have endured everything" "But not humiliation until today" "But father I thought you would be pleased to see him" "I heard you liked him" "I didn't mean to.." "Say no more,Amy,say no more" "I will forget it as soon as I can" "I shall soon be able to dismiss it" "I am always glad to see my old pensioner" "It's quite true" "How are you,Nandy?" "Is something wrong?" "Come in,Nandy,have a seat here" "Are you well,Nandy?" "There" "There is Mr Clennam coming up,behind" "Good,good,there" "Are you comfortable,Nandy?" "I'd rather not see Mr Clennam,father" "I'd rather go up to my room" "Oh,no,my dear,I couldn't think of you not being here to receive Mr Clennam especially not this afternoon" "Mr Clennam is a very gentlemanly man,very gentlemanly a little reserved perhaps at times but I must say,very gentlemanly" "Good Morning" "Now be sure it is well buttered for my old pensioner,Maggie" "Ah,Mr Clennam,how fortuitous" "Join our little party" "Amy,my dear,you know Mr Clennam even better than I have the happiness of doing" "This ,you must know, is an old pensioner of mine" "Old Nandy" "Fanny,my dear,Mr Clennam" "Nandy is out for the day" "Ah,Tip" "Tip,don't you see" "Yes,Amy,I see,if you refer to that,I see" "Is that all you say" "That's all I say" "I suppose he will understand that he hasn't used me like a gentleman" "How dare you !" "Then don't ask me how I dare, father,because that's bosh" "Besides you ought to be proud of mine,showing a proper spirit" "Spirit?" "Is my son teaching me spirit" "Don't let us bother about it, father,I've made up my mind" "You have no right to make up your mind,to what is monstrous,parricidal" "What is it to do with you" "It has everything to do with me" "I can see precious well I shall not get a fair argument here tonight" "And the best thing I can do is cut" "Good Night,Amy,don't be vexed" "I shall be downstairs presently" "I know,I know" "Oh,Amy,persuade Mr Clennam to stay a little longer" "Mr Clennam,you see,a public duty" "Such are the incongruities of my position here" "Amy,my dear,perhaps you may do something towards erasing from Mr Clennam's mind the untoward circumstance which has occurred since tea time" "Mind,those stairs,Nandy" "Careful now you go out" "One at a time" "How seldom I have seen you lately,Little Dorrit" "I've been busy,Sir" "I've heard you have been in Bleeding Heart Yard,why not come and see me then?" "I don't know,I thought you might be busy" "You generally are now,are you not?" "Oh,don't do it" "Don't think too much about what had happened here,is that right?" "Please" "I'm a friend" "You know?" "You haven't been ill,Mr Clennam?" "You look tired" "Well,to speak the truth I have been a little troubled lately,but it's all over" "I forgot, you see,how old and grave I was" "And I fancied that I loved someone" "Do I know her?" "No" "Well,I found out my mistake" "And I thought about it a little and I" "Can see how old I am" "Why am I telling all you this,Little Dorrit?" "Because you trust me I hope" "Yes" "I do, and you must trust me" "Why do I never see you these days?" "My place and use is here" "I am better here" "I'm much better here" "It's said I want to be here" "Pancks,the gypsy" "Fortune telling" "How do you do,Miss Dorrit?" "Capital company here,I've been treating them all round" "I'm in wonderful feather" "Can't stop a minute,I shall be missed" "Mr Clennam,will you step outside and have a look at them?" "I hope you don't mind,Miss Dorrit" "I wish you a good night" "What can I do?" "Good Night,Little Dorrit" "Don't,that will change it for your face it weren't my fault" "don't go and shut out a poor thing of ten years old like that" "Hurting her feelings and breaking her heart,poor thing" "It's nothing" "I'm just a little tired" "It's nothing,Maggie" "It's all gone,you see,Maggie" "All gone" "Never to come back again" "I am sure you know best my dear, I am just wondering if I take in the darts" "One can see how dreadfully stout I've become" "To think of the days when Papa used to bring me to Mrs Clennam the least of girls" "And yet Mr F appeared on the horizon like an inspector of some well known place in Germany beginning with B in calculating the moral lesson that all the powers in life are like the power down for an awful length" "where they get cold at any times rubbles of ashes" "Good gracious,Arthur" "Doyce and Clennam,please excuse the wrap" "I ought to apologize,I know, for so early but I'm sure you would forgive me,when I tell you the reason" "Nothing that's matter,I mean no bad news,only good news" "Wonderful news" "Extraordinary news,Little Dorrit" "Your father" "My father?" "Your father,yes,he will be free within the week" "And that isn't all,Little Dorrit" "Shall I tell you more?" "Yes" "Your father will be no beggar when he is free" "We must go and tell him, he will be a rich man a great sum of money,his inheritance, is waiting to be paid to him" "Mr Pancks discovered all about it" "Father,oh Mr Clennam,I must go" "Will you come with me, Mr Clennam,and tell father?" "Of course" "Of course" "Father" "I shall fetch some wine,I think" "Father,I've something to tell you" "I have something to tell you" "I've just heard from Mr Clennam" "If he hadn't told me so,so very gently" "I don't know that I could have.." "Amy!" "It's so unbelievable" "It's nearly impossible" "Try,try and imagine the impossible,Father" "The impossible it's happened" "The wall is gone" "It's gone" "My dear,I shall see you like you wanted me to see you" "My dearest,I shall see you like my mother saw you" "The wall is gone" "The debts are gone" "There is money,a lot of money" "Mr Clennam found about a lost inheritance and Mr Pancks" "My dear,my dear I shall see you like you were before" "My dear" "My dear" "Oh Mr Clennam,Mr Clennam,thank you" "Really is very extraordinary" "We found the most" "I mean,Mr Pancks has worked it all wonderfully well" "Mr Pancks shall be handsomely recompensed" "Assure yourselves,Mr Clennam everybody concerned should be, nobody rewarded no one.." "Shall say that he hasn't an unsatisfied claim against me" "I shall repay the advances I had from you,Sir,with peculiar pleasure" "All the people who have been well behaved towards me and my family shall be rewarded" "Chivery shall be rewarded,young John shall be rewarded,everyone shall be rewarded" "Will you allow me,Sir,to satisfy any present contingencies?" "Thank you,Sir,I accept with readiness" "I'm obliged to you for the temporary accommodation exceedingly temporary but well timed" "Amy,Amy,my love,your sister must be told and your brother" "They obviously want you to show yourself,Mr Dorrit" "And your uncle" "See to it here,the collar" "I might go" "He ought to rest lately" "Thank you so much,Mr Clennam" "Poor things" "Does it mean I could pass the lodge at this moment and take a walk?" "Actually not,not quite yet" "Very soon" "Only a few more days" "A few more days?" "A few more hours!" "A few hours,it's very easy to talk of hours" "How long do you suppose an hour is to a man,who's choking for the want an air" "Try and rest,little Father" "And make sure you get plenty of them,Maggie" "And you must be assured that no expense,you may have incurred my dear Sir,is overseen" "Money is of no object, the utmost promptitude and dispatch all I hear.I can't wait any longer,Sir" "I should like it broader across here much broader" "Yes,Sir" "Plornish,I hope that my little donation will be of some use" "And you will take an example by me how a man may preserve his own and the general respect even here" "Yes" "If you could,without putting any great constraint upon yourself throw a little polish in to your usual demeanour,my dear Frederick" "William,it is for you to do all that" "It's all forgotten" "It's all forgotten" "For that very reason,you must positively try to rouse yourself" "Your position as my brother, my dear Frederick,is now a fine one" "A very fine one" "How can you be so childish" "Have you no sense of dignity at all,Miss" "Fanny,my darling" "How intelligent,why don't you do something about this awful shabby dress of yours" "I beg you to get something more respectable" "I dare say being born here has blunted your sense of propriety for good" "But you could remember your family,and your family's position" "Don't be angry,Fanny" "I don't like to change my dress until we leave,I don't feel it's right" "I told you,I can't help feeling like that" "I can't help thinking the same way as before" "I can't help feeling this is not such a bad place and I can't be ashamed of it like you are" "I was born here" "I've known a number of honest good people come here through misfortune" "I had such a good friend here when I was quite a baby" "I have been taught here" "I've worked here,I've been quiet and comfortable here" "I think it is almost impossible not to have some attachment to it after all" "Do we really have to go very,very far away,father?" "It's high time you and your sister and your brother saw a little of the world,child" "Besides,people in our position travel" "Farewell my dear" "Mr Clennam" "I'm thinking in despair,I don't know" "Mr Clennam,they are all waiting" "I must go" "Mr Clennam" "Mr Clennam,please don't ever think of me as a changed person" "Don't ever think of me as a daughter of a rich person" "You mustn't think of me as dressing better,living better than you first knew me" "Don't think of me in any way what will me make a stranger to you, when you were so kind to me" "I think it will break my heart" "I shan't ,I promise" "Can I ask a service of you?" "As a friend" "Yes" "When you are abroad, I hear you travel to Italy" "It maybe that you will come across a friend of mine" "A dear,dear friend" "Her name is Minnie Gowan" "Would you tell her that I hope she is well and happy" "Hear,Amy,open your eyes,there is a love" "Do rouse yourself,open your eyes,Amy, I'm so vexed,do rouse yourself,Amy,darling" "Oh,Amy,It's really enough to make one wish one were dead" "It's enough to make one wish one was dead" "Graciously" "Which board have we taken up?" "Do not hassle,poor thing,dear" "I do declare this is absolutely infamous.I want to be exposed this every day of our lives." "Here you are my dear" "I know it was a little chilly" "It's too disgraceful" "Amy,how can you" "How can we hope to be respected by our servants" "If one of us could be rushing about with scarves" "I know" "Why don't you grow up" "We have to" "Don't be angry,Fanny but it does make me feel quite ill never to do anything by myself" "My dear child,you have,we have a great position to support" "We must be vigilant and making ourselves respected" "And not to appear in the eyes of our attendants to have at any time dispensed with their services" "And performed them for ourselves" "It's highly important" "Lord,juste a petite demeure with dining,Monsieur" "Such a genteel lady,an English lady" "Is it possible,Sir,that you have had the audacity to place one of my rooms at the disposal of another person?" "She is such a most genteel lady" "We have to have that other room" "They have just taken the petite dessert" "How dare you,you have affronted me, I shall leave your house at once" "You have been insolent to my family, a family more genteel than any lady" "What more can I say,Monsieur, here is the lady herself" "I do apologize,please forgive this good man" "I had no idea that the rightful owner of the room" "I borrowed for just a little time as it takes to dine" "Madame,I take it as an honour" "Edmund,give me your arm" "Now how do you like that,my dear girl" "Amy,you aren't ready" "Fanny,do I have to" "I really" "I really would rather not" "I'd rather a headache" "Do as you please,I don't think Pa would be too happy,but that's not my affair" "I'm going to enjoy myself, see little of society" "I don't suppose you are coming with us,Amy" "I think not,I think I prefer to stay with uncle" "I think you should be encouraged to call on these people with your sister,Amy" "I'm sure I should be very surprised to find you wishing to make the acquaintance of anyone at all in the society" "These people should be noticed" "I'm told they are very well acquainted with the Merdles" "Mr Merdle is a wonderful man" "A man of prodigious enterprise" "He is in everything,from banking to building,all he touches turns to gold" "Merdle is a name is of great tribute in society" "The name of the age" "You should accompany your sister,Amy" "William" "I protest" "My dear Frederick,what is the matter?" "How dare you?" "Have you no memory?" "No heart" "What have I done?" "How dare you speak like you do,to Amy to your affectionate friend,your guardian, your more than mother,upsetting" "How dare you to tell her what to do" "But I love Amy" "I am as fond of Amy as it is possible to be" "I don't deserve to be treated like that" "I know because I am anxious of the family credit" "To the wit with the family credit" "Setting up superiority" "Don't,someone might come in" "Amy,I'm not pleased with you" "You disappoint me" "I wish you'd accommodate yourself better to circumstances do what becomes of the situation, and take your place in society" "I am sorry that your are not pleased with me, dear" "I'll try and do better" "You hurt me" "Hurt you?" "There is a topic, a series of events I wish altogether to obliterate" "It's understood by your sister and your brother,you only you constantly rewind it, and not in words,I'm hurt that my daughter seated in the luck of fortune should mope and retire from society and seems anxious to announced that she was born a bread in a place" "that I decline to name" "I was there all those years, I was the head of the place" "I gave my family,you Amy,a position there" "I suffered" "I deserve a return,I claim a return,I say sweep me off the face of the earth, is that asking too much?" "If I can put it all aside,if I can eradicate the marks which I have endured and emerge a gentleman,unspoiled,unspotted why can't you, my favourite child, whom I've made my companion and friend" "when you were only a baby, why can't you blot it out" "Am I selfish?" "Do I complain for my own sake?" "No,for you,for your sake,Amy" "I am complaining for your sake" "Your sake" "Your sake,all" "Don't look at me,Amy" "I am a ruin,a poor wretch" "Schhsh,my dear" "You are my dear" "Did you ever see such a noodle,my dear?" "Why did he look so much this way?" "My precious child" "I imagine he is dying for a glimpse of me" "Is he?" "Do you want to encourage him,Fanny?" "Encouraging him,my little pet,no, I don't mean to encourage him" "But I'll make a slave of him,I shall make him fetch and carry,my dear" "And I'll go on improving that woman's acquaintance" "His mother" "Until I have given her maid,before her eyes things from my dressmaker's ten times as expensive as she once gave me from hers" "Fanny,can you quite see the end of that?" "I can't say I have so much as looked at it,yet,my love" "All in good time" "Do you know how that was,Pa?" "Whom?" "The young handsome shoulders just now" "That was that Lady at that town,hotel,what's its name?" "And incidentally,she is Mrs Merdle" "Mrs Merdle?" "You mean Mrs Merdle?" "How very unfortunate the disposition of these rooms is it rather restricts the free circulation of the guests" "So delighted to resume an acquaintance so inauspiciously begun at that hotel" "At that hotel?" "Of course" "I have been disappointed not to have had the opportunity to show the high estimation in which in common with the rest of the world" "I hold so distinguished character as Mr Merdle" "I fear he hasn't been able to get abroad in years" "You,Miss Dorrit,I believe,have been almost continually abroad for a long time" "Oh,dear,yes,an immense number of years" "Mr Merdle much in demand at home" "Such a deuced phenomena, fired up and banker" "I doubt the monetary system of the country can spare him" "Edmund refers to Mr Merdle being much in request" "Mr Merdle is a great benefactor to society and society is very exacting" "Society is a little mercenary,you mean" "If we were in a more primitive state and lived under roofs of leaves and kept cows,instead of bank accounts which would be delicious" "it might not be so but" "We don't live under the roofs of leaves and keep cows" "And society is very exacting" "Very" "Dear Mr Clennam,dear Mr Clennam" "I wish I was dead" "What is the matter,Fanny?" "Matter?" "You little moan" "Is it Mr Sparkler?" "Mr Sparkler,no Miss Butt" "Now I've called you names" "I've been quite hateful" "I don't think you are well tonight" "Stop that nonsense,I am as well as you are" "Oh,Amy,of all the trying sister a girl can have" "I do think the most trying sister is a flat sister" "I know I make myself hateful" "The thing you never tell me so and the consequences that I'm actually goading into making myself disagreeable" "Besides I don't want to be forgiven" "It is not proper that I should constantly be forgiven by a younger sister" "I'm always being placed into a position of being forgiven whether I like it or not" "I wish I was dead" "Amy,you are an angel" "But I tell you what,my pet," "Things can not go on as they are" "And there must be an end to it,one way or the other" "Let us talk about it" "Quite so,my dear" "Let us talk about it" "You shall advice me" "Will you advice me,my sweet child?" "Thank you,Amy,you are my anchor" "My love,what I am going to say is going to surprise you" "What I am going to say,my dear is that notwithstanding our property, we are new comers in society" "No one would know that about you" "My dear child" "That is most kind of you to say so but then you are the dearest little thing that ever was" "To resume,my child" "Pa is extremely gentlemanly but in some trifling respects a little different from other gentlemen of fortune" "Partly I fancy on account of it running constantly in his mind that people think about his past while he is talking to them" "Uncle,my love,is altogether unpresentable" "Edward is frightfully expensive and dissipated,nothing ungenteel about that" "But he did do it rather well" "Poor,Tip" "And poor you,and poor me too" "It then becomes a question with me whether I shall make up my mind to take it upon myself to carry the family through" "How?" "I will not submit to being snubbed" "I will not submit to being patronized or tormented by Mrs Merdle" "That he has a very good position, no one can deny" "That it is a very good connection, no one can deny" "As to the question of clever or not clever" "I doubt very much whether a clever husband would be suitable for me" "I cannot submit" "I shouldn't be able to defer to him enough" "Oh,Fanny,no" "If you loved anyone,you'd forget about yourself" "Bless me" "How much some people know about these things" "They say everyone has a subject" "It certainly seems to have fit upon yours" "That was only in fun" "Don't go all flighty" "Now I'll go back to myself" "I know I wish to have a more defined and distinct position in which I can assert myself against that woman" "And that's why you would marry her son?" "Why,perhaps" "She may think now that it would be a great success to get that noodle of a son settle down with me" "If I married her son,I would compete with her in everything" "I would make her older,my dear" "I may not be as handsome as she is" "But I know I am handsome enough to be a thorn in her side" "And I would be" "And you would condemn yourself to an unhappy life for this?" "It wouldn't be an unhappy life,Amy" "It would be the life that I am fitted for" "For better fitted for that life than almost any other" "Very fine and easy to talk about clever men" "I don't see them anywhere near me" "The woman has a good figure, there is no denying that" "But is it unapproachable giving the latitude to dress she has" "We would see about that,my dear" "I'm a dancer,Amy,but she has quite forgotten to dance" "We'll dance through her life, and dancing her way to such a tune as it would disturb her insolent placidity a little,Amy" "Just a little" "No,don't argue with me child, because it is of no use" "I understand these subjects much better than you do" "I've not nearly made up my mind but it maybe now we have talked this over comfortably let us go to bed" "Good Night,dearest little mouse" "Well,my little sister,I suppose you know what this means" "She is as beautiful as she is doted upon, there is no nonsense about her" "It's arranged" "You needn't explain that,Edmund" "No,Madame" "In short,pet" "We are engaged" "I cannot disguise that the alliance you do me the honour to propose is highly congenial to my feelings" "As being in unison with the spontaneous affection of my daughter" "And as opening a family connection of a gratifying nature" "With Mr Merdle,the spirit of the age" "Have I the honour to conclude,Madame that the directions which Mr Sparkler's affections have taken,is approved by you?" "I assure you,Mr Dorrit, that, personally,I am charmed" "Personally" "Mr Merdle's approval I hope would not be wanted?" "I cannot take upon myself to answer positively for Mr Merdle gentlemen,especially gentlemen who are,what society calls,capitalists having their own ideas on these matters but I should think merely giving an opinion,Mr Dorrit" "I should think that Mr Merdle would be upon the whole" "quite charmed" "Now,my little dormouse,you shall advice me" "Edmund is to be in his public office in London,I can't let him go off by himself" "For he, it is possible to do a foolish thing ,then he is sure to do it" "I see,I am going to lose you sooner than I thought" "Of course,it will mean we will have to go back to England so that I can be married,my precious child" "We are going to go home" "We are going to go home" "It would not be easy,at the present moment what I may call a mere outsider,to lay down any money into a few good things" "I speak of course of my own good things" "Of course,of course" "Unless there is a higher price" "Which we are accustomed to call very long figures" "Ha,ha,very good,long figures" "However,I do generally retaining my hand the power of exercise in some preference" "To a defined extent" "You are a very good,very good" "To a defined extent" "I hope you allow me to put my character at your disposal" "Permit me to express the highest sense I entertain of this highly gratifying act of attention" "I am well aware of the demands on your time and of its enormous value" "That you shall bestow any of your priceless time on me" "I cannot refrain from telling you again what honour and happiness I feel" "Very glad,your daughter is exceptional beauty" "I do hope the young people would be happy" "You look tired,dear" "No" "I am not sensible to fatigue when it arises from an occasion so complete with gratification of the purest kind" "Your dear sister,our Fanny, is about to contract a marriage eminently calculated to consolidate our social relations" "My love,I trust the times not far off when some eligible partner maybe found for you" "Oh no,I want nothing but to stay with you like the past years" "Amy,Amy this is foolish,you have a position and a responsibility to develop that position as for taking care of me,I can take care of myself" "I cannot think of sacrificing you" "No,Amy,I cannot do it" "My conscience would not allow it" "I beg you pardon,Sir but this young man has been insisting to come up and says you should be glad to see him" "Young John" "It's young John,I think" "Yes,Sir" "What do you mean by this" "How dare you,how dare you insult me and come here" "I'm sorry,I'm sorry" "Yes,Sir,this is an affront and an impertinence" "What the devil do you do here?" "I thought,Sir,you may to have the goodness to accept a bundle cigars" "Damn your bundle,I don't smoke" "What else did you come for?" "Only wanted to say I hope you were well,and Miss Amy" "I know it is a liberty,but I never thought you would take it ill" "I am too proud to have done that, I assure you,if I had thought so" "I am sorry if I have been harsh with you,young John" "Some remembrances aren't happy remembrances,and you shouldn't have come" "I meant no harm,Sir" "I know" "Give me your hand,young John" "Sit down" "Thank you,Sir" "I'd rather stand" "How is your father,young John?" "How are they all,young John?" "They are all pretty well,Sir" "They are not in any way complaining" "Much to do,John?" "Yes,Sir,we are pretty happy at present" "I don't know how it is but we generally are" "Pretty happy" "I wish you Good Day,Sir" "Stay a moment,John" "I should like to send them" "A little testimonial" "If you wouldn't object to taking it" "Not in any way,Sir" "There is many of them that would be the better for it" "Thank you,John,I hope you overlook what happened" "Don't speak of it,Sir" "Good Night,Sir" "The coffee is cold" "Why is the coffee always cold?" "Let me fetch you some more" "No,call some one,call the servants, take that bonnet off" "I don't want any coffee" "I can do without your assistance" "I can look after myself" "You are very handsome,my dear" "Uncommonly satisfactory that this family should be so united" "Could we consider.." "Such,such happiness" "Shining immaculate staff" "Lord Decimus Barnacle" "So glad" "Such an honour" "Good Evening" "Too glad" "Oh,my boy" "Sir" "Mrs Gowan" "Delighted" "I wonder it has occurred to you,my good friend" "That society might go.." "I believe Mr Merdle will be persuaded to leave this .." "Society might hope that one so blessed in his undertakings as you are might share a little money in the direction of our little mission in Africa" "And best seen to care about nothing like the rest of society" "You see what it is" "Interesting" "We must look to you for that" "All troops,My Lord" "Why people tell me that I have to have no apples at all this year" "And what about pears" "Pears,My Lord" "Your mention of pears,could fill a remembrance for the pear tree" "And so we pass through the various stages of season,of people,pairs?" "Two parliamentary pairs,ha ha" "Amy" "Amy" "Amy,my dear" "Will you go and see if Arthur is in the lock?" "Amy" "A fault pas,my dear,I don't quite feel myself" "I don't know what's the matter with me,I wish to see Bob he is my friend just as much as yours,send for Bob" "Come here,please" "No,I can't get up those narrow stairs without Bob,send for Bob" "He is the best turnkey" "Send for Bob" "Ladies and Gentlemen" "The duty devours upon me of welcoming you to the Marshalsea" "Welcome to the Marshalsea" "Te space is limited but you will find it apparently grow larger after a time" "After a time,ladies and gentlemen,and the air is,all things considered,very good" "Blows over the sunny hills, over the sunny hills" "Those who are habituated to the Marshalsea are pleased to call me its Father" "I am accustomed to be complimented as the Father of the Marshalsea" "Ladies and Gentlemen,my child,my daughter" "Born here,born here, bred here,ladies and gentlemen my daughter child of an unfortunate father but always a gentleman" "Always proud" "It has become a not infrequent custom for my eh personal admirers,personal admirers" "To be pleased to acknowledge my semi-official position here by offering a little tributes, highly acceptable,a little tributes which usually take the form of voluntary recognition of my humble endeavours to uphold atoned here" "Atoned" "I beg to be understood" "That I do not consider myself compromised ha,not compromised" "No,not a beggar" "No" "In my child's name,if not my own" "I make this admission in the fullest manner" "But at the same time" "Preserve" "My personal dignity" "Ladies and Gentlemen" "God Bless you all" "Come my dear" "My dear" "It is so tight,can't breathe" "All the air" "Go away" "Bells ringing,good luck for him, go away" "Where is Bob?" "Fetch Bob" "Bob has called,he is often off for a day or two" "Stay,Amy" "Stay,I wish you to stay" "My dear,my dear,I volunteered" "For your sake,Amy" "I've atoned" "I've" "borne it" "Preserved" "My head hurts" "My dear,my dear" "My poor Frederick" "You should sit down" "You look weak" "Amy" "I don't know that I should ever recover from the shock" "Not having been with poor dear Papa to the last grieving moment is more than I can say" "Edmund,you look so aggravatingly large in that light,do sit down" "Yes,Madame" "You make my head ache remaining in that position" "I'm sorry my love" "My poor little mouse" "I hope at least Edward was of some use to you in those days" "At least to administer or execute or settle or whatever has to be with poor dear Papa's affairs" "I dare say Uncle isn't much help to you,my poor little mouse" "I am very worried about him,Fanny" "He is very,very low" "Poor dear,Uncle" "Edmund,now you have put me out, I shall have to go to bed" "Don't worry,do that,my love" "What was that?" "Nothing" "Nothing,I think it was my gutters tile" "I thought I'd give you a call" "You have dined,of course" "Not exactly" "Would you like something?" "No,thank you" "I do not feel inclined to dine" "I've let Mrs Merdle go out by herself" "I thought I'd give you a call" "Very flattering,as you are not a calling man" "No,I'm not a calling man" "I was speaking of poor Papa, when you came in" "I was saying my brother maybe quite slow about arranging his property" "Yes,there has been a delay" "Not that it is of any consequence" "No,not that it is of any consequence" "Well,I mustn't detain you" "I'm off" "Could you lend me a pen knife?" "I know that you have several little wedding keepsakes about" "It will be returned to you tomorrow" "Edmund,open very carefully,I beg you the box there,and give Mr Merdle the mother of pearl knife" "Thank you but,I you have one with a darker handle I would prefer darker handle" "Tortoise shell?" "Yes,thank you" "Yes,I would prefer a tortoise shell" "I will forgive you if you ink it" "I shall undertake not to ink it" "Good Night" "Good Gracious me this most be the most wearisome day that ever did dawn upon the earth" "Edmund,if you have anything to say,why don't you say it?" "My adorable girl,I have nothing to say" "Good Gracious,Edmund, then don't speak" "This must be the longest day ever" "It's enough to make one wish one were dead" "Mr Clennam" "Edward" "Something has happened" "Yes you can say that,old girl" "Look out over there" "Look at all those peaceful people" "And those quiet homes" "What a fearful noise it is going to be when they find out" "This morning it was dropsy" "And then any man you care to name" "Then it was pressure they said,there you are,if you persist in over working,you get pressure" "And then about the time in a high change all manner of whispers started to go about a temporary suspension of the bank and a like" "And now it is out" "Have you been drinking?" "Maybe" "Merdle is dead" "He took his own life" "He cut his throat with a tortoise shell handled pen knife" "Oh,Edward" "Now they say,that he was a low ignorant common fellow" "A down looking man" "That no one was ever able to catch his eye" "Now they say that he never had any money of his own that his mansions was reckless, his expenditure enormous" "Legions of people that he has deluded" "Will be blighted,ruined,and mutter the name of Merdle with hate" "The great Merdle,the patron of patrons the shining wonder,was just the greatest forger and thief,if there ever was" "You do recognize,Amy ,this has gone your father entrusted Merdle with everything and it is gone" "That money,it's all gone,old girl" "Is it really all gone?" "I declare and you will punch me if you please" "It's really all gone" "Jeopardized" "I am very,very sorry for poor Fanny" "You may be sorry for me,too" "I am sorry for you too,Tip" "Tip,eh?" "What a queer dame you are,Amy" "I'll tell you something,I never thought he was quite a gentleman" "Just look at poor Mr Clennam" "And it is entirely my doing this,Dorrit" "My mistake" "What can I say,it's a good thing, you didn't know,Miss Dorrit" "What,Mrs Plornish?" "There is ups,and there is downs" "Mr Clennam has lost his money with that scoundrel Merdle,yes Miss" "Never mind" "As the question of figures,it is also from outsiders" "Enough of money,Mr Pancks" "Enough or get him into.." "The Marshalsea" "It's best that you did not know it, Miss Dorrit" "He is much affected" "He is very ill,Miss Dorrit" "Not at all himself" "It wasn't our fault" "I can't quite believe it" "Is it lot of money,Mr Pancks?" "Our friend,Mr Meagles, is trying to raise it" "But Mr Clennam won't take it from him,I assure" "He is very low,Miss Dorrit, I was hoping you'd come" "Too much has happened,my uncle died two weeks after my father, and the money so many people have lost money with Mr Merdle,Mr Pancks" "A penny,luv" "It's the same room,Miss Dorrit" "Little Dorrit" "You look very ill,Mr Clennam" "You must go away from here,Little Dorrit" "You mustn't stay here,you mustn't" "Mr Clennam, I'll tell you something" "You don't belong here" "You must go away" "My father entrusted all that money to Mr Merdle" "It's all gone" "There is nothing of value and anything left" "Mr Clennam,will you let me give you what I have?" "Will you let me help you?" "Will you let me stay by you and look after you?" "Little Dorrit,don't you know what I have done?" "I have seen Mr Pancks" "It's not his fault,whatever he may say" "Nobody's fault maybe" "Everybody's fault,everyone who was at Mr Merdle's feet, was a share of the plunder" "Whether they were assented, accepted and approved" "I can't believe for gratitude again,Mr Clennam" "Won't you let me help you put right what has to put right" "Don't you see I am ruined" "And disgraced,Little Dorrit" "Don't you see?" "I am old" "And broken" "Won't you let me have a task?" "And a place by you?" "If it only" "When you lived here" "And want of need,help and protection" "And I was comfortable and free" "If only I understood you then" "Or known myself better" "Little Dorrit" "My Little Dorrit" "Don't you see?" "It's too late" "Now I am old" "You were always very kind to me,Mrs Clennam" "If it hadn't been for the work you gave me then we should be wanting for everything" "I'm very grateful to you" "That is why I come to you for help,Mrs Clennam" "I am sure you know that Mr Clennam is in prison after this awful thing" "Maybe you don't know he is ill" "It was his own doing" "Maybe you don't know,but all the money my father inherited is gone in the same hand" "Mrs Clennam,I have come to ask you,if you will help me to pay off Mr Clennam's debt" "Now stop the moment" "You are not going to do it,are you?" "After forty years are you?" "You are not going to let her have it" "Are you?" "Are you?" "You're thinking about it,aren't you?" "You may even do it" "You may do just that to get the better of me because that power,you may call yourself,all the humble names you will" "I call you a female Lucifer because of your appetite for power" "But I know all about you" "That's power too" "Shall I tell her now?" "Flintwinch,why do you goad me?" "Have I not endured enough,without you, my faithful steward these forty years" "Quite so" "I have stood by you these forty years but not for this" "Years of toil and trouble down there" "All those shares painstakingly gathered all those little odd bills carefully looked after all that money downstairs and I don't like to see you dispose of it so lightly" "It maybe your religion" "But it's my gammon" "I shall do as I think just, Flintwinch,it maybe.." "Shall I tell her then?" "Shall I tell the little niece of Frederick Dorrit where some of that money came from?" "Oh,no" "Not another word,I shall tell her" "I will have it seen in the light that I stood in" "It was that Frederick Dorrit with the beginning of it all" "He was a blare of music and kept in those days an eye loose for blares and singers" "And such like children of evil" "She was a poor girl" "With voice for singing with,he had her taught" "And Arthur's father who was all along pining for those accursed snares called the arts" "Thus became acquainted with her" "And I was humble" "And deceived" "Not I" "A greater high" "No,I do not forget,I do not forget" "I was the appointed one to make the discovery" "And punish that creature of evil" "You mean you hounded her,until she died" "The strings of her conscience stood for mad" "Was that not that just retribution" "She sinned against the Lord and she wronged me" "No,I do not forget the debt,you see" "You forgetting the money the money that Frederick Dorrit kept sending Arthur's father for her" "The money for her that you kept,you used" "It wasn't for the money's sake,wretch" "The money was tainted with sin" "Enough of all that" "That's the way you cheat yourself" "When you know very well that you did all that because you are all slight and spined and power and unforgiveness" "And I tell you something else" "While I am at it,I have been rasped,rasped these forty years by you taking such high ground,even with me who knows better" "You are a woman of strong head and great talent but the strongest head and the greatest talent cannot rasp a man for forty years without making him sour" "And so I'm telling you something else" "I know where the money is" "You know where it is but you can't get at it" "I can" "And that's power" "No,don't" "Don't" "No,don't so far" "Tell me where it is,you know where it is" "Jeremiah is.." "Stop screaming" "Your heap of abusive,help me downstairs" "Give me the stairs" "Yes" "Promise me that Arthur will never know of all this" "Yes" "No,don't do it,you can't" "Give him the money" "But I could not dare him to know of it" "While I'm still alive" "I promise,yes" "Oh Lord" "The noise" "Run away" "Jeremiah" "With the help of Mrs Clennam" "I was wondering to catch.." "I should like to ask you one more thing,my dear" "When your mother gave me the money she gave me this as well, I should like you to keep it" "Do not forget" "I love you" "Subtitles by Seglora"