Vol.1 f.051 recto (MS. Chapters 4 to 5, later renumbered as 5 & 6)

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[?????????????] watching him as he set about it,
[??????????????????] plainly saw that his father’s picture, or his father’s grave,[????] would [????????????] be
[???????]as communicative with him on the subject of this as this old man.

“Now, Affery, woman,” said Mr Flintwinch, as she crossed the hall. “You hadn’t made Mr
Arthur’s bed when I was up there last. Stir yourself. Bustle.”

But Mr Arthur found the house so blank and dreary, ??? and was so unwilling to assist at
another implacable consignment of his [????????????] mother’s enemies ( [????] perhaps himself among them) to [???????] mortal [????????????] disfigurement and [????????????] immortal ruin, that he announced his intention of lodging [?????????]
at the[????????????] coffee-house where he had left his luggage.[????] Mr Flintwinch [??? ?? ?????????] taking kindly to the idea of
[????????????] getting rid of him, and his mother [????????????] being indifferent, beyond considerations of saving ,
[?????] to most domestic arrangements [???]that were not bounded by the walls of her own chamber, he easily carried
this point without new offence.[????????????] Daily business hours were agreed upon,[??] which his
mother, Mr Flintwinch, and he, were to [????? ?????]devote together to a necessary checking of books and papers; and he left the home he had so lately found, with a [??????]depressed heart.

obscured underlined number But Little Dorrit? [?????] The business hours, allowing for intervals of invalid regimen of oysters and partridges, during which Clennam refreshed himself with a walk, were from ten to [????]six for [??????? ???? ?? ?????]about a fortnight.
[???]Sometimes Little Dorrit was employed at her needle, sometimes not, sometimes appeared as a humble visitor: which must
have been her character on the occasion of his arrival. [???? ?? ??????] His original curiosity [Dorrit ?? little Creature} augmented every day, as he watched for her, saw or did not see her, and speculated about her. Influenced by his predominant idea, he even fell into a habit of discussing with himself the possibility of her being in some way associated with it. At last he resolved to watch Little [???] Dorrit and know more of her. published text = story .

text CHAPTER 6. published text = Chapter V The Father of the Marshalsea

[????? ??????? ???? ??? stood years ago ??] Thirty years ago there stood, [there had ?????? ??? ???} a few doors short of the
[???] Church of Saint George, in the borough of Southwark, [? ??? ??? ?????] on the left-hand side of the way going
southward, the Marshalsea Prison. It had stood there many years before, and it remained there
some years afterwards; but it is gone now, and the world is [??? ?? ???? ??????????] none the worse without it.

It was an [???] oblong pile of barrack building, [?? ???] partitioned into squalid houses standing
back [??? ???] to back, so that there were no back rooms; [??? ?????? ?????? ????] environed by a narrow paved yard,
hemmed in by high walls duly spiked at top. Itself a close and
confined prison for debtors, it contained within it [another ?? ????] [???? ??? ??. It was ?? ???] a much closer and more
[???] confined jail for smugglers.[??? ???? ????? ?????????] O ffenders against the revenue laws, and
defaulters [??? ???? ???????] to excise or customs who had incurred fines
which they were unable to pay, were supposed to be
incarcerated behind an iron-plated door closing up a second prison, consisting of a [??? ????? ?????? ???] strong cell or two, and a blind
alley some yard and a half wide, which formed the mysterious termination of the very limited [???] skittle-ground in which
the Marshalsea debtors bowled down their troubles.
Supposed to be incarcerated there, because the time had rather outgrown
the [?????] strong cells and the blind alley. In practice [????? ????] they
had come to be considered a little too bad, [????? ?? ?????] though in theory [????? ???? ?????] they were quite as good as ever;
which may be observed to be the case [????? ??? ??] at the present day with other cells that are not at all strong and with other [?????]