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“sometimes it is—hem—it takes one shape and sometimes another; but it is generally—????????? ha—??? ???-???Money. And it is, I
cannot but confess it, it is too often???????????—hem—acceptable acceptable. This gentleman ????? that I
refer to, was presented to me Mr Clennam in a manner ??? highly gratifying to my feelings, and conversed not only with great politeness, but but
with great—ahem—information.” ( All this time, though he had ??? finished his supper, he was ?going on? nervously ???????
carrying his knife into corners of going about his plate with his knife and fork, as if some of it were still before him. “It
appeared from his conversation ??? ?????? his that he had a garden, though which though he was rather ???? delicate of mentioning it it at
first, as gardens are—hem " —are not accessible to me. But it came out, through my admiring a fine very fine
sprig jar cluster of geranium—beautiful ???? cluster of geranium which to be sure—which he had brought from his
conservatory. On taking his ????? he presented it to me ???? ???? my taking notice of its rich colour he showed me a piece of paper round
it, on which was written, “For the Father of the Marshalsea,” and he ??? ????? presented it to me. But this was—
hem—not all. He made a particular request, on taking leave, that I would remove the paper in half
an hour ?????. I—ha—I did so; and I found that it contained—ahem—two guineas. I assure you Mr Clennam I have
received—ha hem—Testimonials ?? in my ?? many ways, and of many degrees of value, and they have always been—ha—unfortunately that I needed
acceptable; but I never was more pleased than with this—ahem—this particular Testimonial.”

Arthur said that he had reason?? was in the act of saying what ??? the little ?? little he could say ab? on
??? ?????? this such a theme when a bell began to ring, and some? footsteps approached the door. A pretty girl ???? from? of a far
better figure and much more developed than Amy ??? "Dorrit," though ??? looking much younger in the face when the two were observed together, looked in
??? ??? a head taller? stopped in the doorway at observing on seeing a stranger, and a young man who was with her, stopped too.

“[????]Mr Clennam, Fanny. My [?????????] second daughter and my son, [?????????] Mr Clennam. The bell is [?????????]
a signal for visitors to retire, and so [?????????] they have come to say good night; but there is plenty of time, [??] plenty of time. [?????????]Girls, Mr Clennam
will [?????????] excuse any household business [?????] you may have together. [??????]He knows, I dare say, that I have but one room here.”

“[????]I only want my clean dress from Amy, father,” said the second girl, with a coquettish laugh.

“And I [?????????] my clothes,” [?????????] said Tip.

Amy opened a [chest of drawers] drawer [?????????]in an old piece of furniture that was a
chest of drawers above and a bedstead below, and produced two little [?packets?] bundles, which she [?gave?]
handed to her brother and sister. [?all mended of ????? did you ????? ????? ???????] [?all ?????? of ???? that you mended?]“Mended and
made up?” he heard the sister ask in a whisper. To which Amy answered “Yes.” [As he] He had risen
[????? ????] now, and took the opportunity of glancing round the room. It The [?????] bare walls had been coloured
[?yellow?] green, evidently by an unskilled hand, and were poorly decorated with a few [?????] prints. The window was curtained, and the
floor carpeted; and there were some shelves and [?????] [????? and ??????? ????? ????????] pegs, and other [?small?] [?similar little?] such conveniences, that had
accumulated in the course of years. It was a close, confined [?????? ???? ?????] room, [?poor place?] poorly poorly furnished; and
the chimney smoked to boot, or the tin screen at the top of the fireplace was superfluous; but constant pains and care [?it was w????]
[?and ?????] had made it neat, and even, after its kind, comfortable.

All mean the while the bell was ringing [????ly?], and Frederick the uncle [?stood ???????????? ???] was anxious to go ?????
go. “Come, Fanny, come, Fanny,” he said, with his ragged [?leather?] clarionet case under his arm; “the lock, child, the
lock!”

Fanny bade her father good night, and [Tip had ?? her?] whisked off airily enough. Tip had already [????] clattered
[?clatterring?] heavily down-stairs. “Now, Mr Clennam,” said the uncle, [following ?????] looking back as he shuffled out after them, “the lock, sir, the lock.”

Mr Clennam had two [?????? ?????] things to do before he [?????? ??? ????] followed; one,