Little Dorrit Working Notes

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Casby? Yes. / Flora, Mr F's Aunt? Yes / Pancks? Yes. / Miss Wade? No / Lagnier? No / Cavalletto? Carry through / The Meagleses? No

Pet and Gowran? No. (Next No.) / Daniel Doyce? Slightly / Plornish Family? No. /

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(Little Dorrit. ———————No. VII.)

Chapter XXIII.

Machinery in motion.

Clennam in partnership with Doyce. / The Factory - Picture / Visit from Flora, Mr F's Aunt, & the patriarch - Prepare for bringing Flora & Little Dorrit together. / Pancks - Pave the way for his discovery, and the end of book 1st. Indicate Pancks's relations with the Patriarch Chapter XXIV.

Fortune-Telling

Flora and Little Dorrit together. Little Dorrit understands Flora to be dear to Clennam / Pancks again / Little Dorrit tells Maggy a story. Her Prison Window

Chapter XXV.

Conspirators and others.

Carry on Pancks His lodgings - Mr Bugg of Pentonville Rugg Miss Rugg (and her breach of promise) Work in Chivery Work in John Baptist Cavaletto Bleeding Heart Yard & foreigners / Mrs Plornish as Interpreter "Altro old chap!" "Al-tro Signore! Altro, Altro Altro!

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Clennam and Pet? Yes. / Gowran? Yes. / Sprightly Young Barnacle? No. / Tattycoram? Yes. / Miss Wade? Yes. / Merdle? /

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(Little Dorrit. —————— No. VIII.)

Chapter XXVI.

Nobody’s State of Mind.

Dissection of Clennam’s feelings in respect of Gowan. He ashamed of them in his own eyes — thinking it ungenerous to entertain them - always contending with them. Resolves never to disparage him. / Hampton Court Palace and Mrs Gowan / A Noble Refrigerator in company - British Embassy / Nothing but Barnacles, Stiltstalkings, and mob. Mrs Gowan and Clennam / The Ride home. —

Chapter XXVII.

Five and Twenty.

Work out Tattycoram's spiriting away. / Park Lane Picture. Evening / Empty house- Interview with Miss Wade & Tattycoram / A common cause between them.

Chapter XXVIII.

Nobody's disappearance

Mr Meagles's Advertisement.

Clennam on the Summer Evening - Scene with Pet, delicately shewing that the father and mother have been for him, and that they all know of his affection. Very delicate. / The dead twin daughter / And the roses, floating away.

Chapter XXIX.

Mrs Flintwich goes on dreaming.

The old house in the City - Carry through. / Glimpse of Little Dorrit and Pancks, to carry through. / Arrival of Rigaud to close the chapter. Mysterious sounds again, as he enters. /

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Rigaud. Yes / The Merdles? No - Next time / Chivery? Slightly / Tip? / Fanny? / Father and Uncle?

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Carry through, except the Uncle - Family Spirit - working up, to what they are likely to be in a higher station

/ Little Dorrit. Yes - With Clennam

And Flora? Pancks? Casby?

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No. /

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(Little Dorrit. ——————————————- No. IX)

Chapter XXX.

The Word of a Gentleman

Pursue Rigaud, and the beginning of his influence over Mr Flintwinch and Mrs. Clennam / Suspend it all. Hanging Sword. / Scene in Mrs Clennam’s room / "You shall see me again, Flintwinch!" - That The word of a gentleman,- he will certainly keep it.

Chapter XXXI.

Spirit

Mrs Plornish's father Old Nandy. Shew what he is to the father of the Marshalsea (a poor old foil), and what the Father of the Marshalsea is to him. Fanny / Groves [?] of old men in Marylebone warehouse) / Patron. Magnanimous patron / Open with old Pauper out for the day - Picture "My old Pensioner" - Failing Sir - failing fast - no spirit - / And Tips Spirit, and his father's Christian spirit. / Chapter XXXII.

More Fortune-Telling.

In the Marshalsea. From End of Last chapter. / Little Dorrit and Clennam - He putting before her his condition as that "much older man who has done with that part of life," and unconsciously stabbing her to the heart. Maggy [A box is drawn round the word Maggy] / Oh! If he had but known, if he had but known! - Prepare for the time to come — in that room, long afterwards

Pancks , immensely excited - Strong preparation for the end of the book

“There Sir. That's what you'll have to break to her!"

"That's ?woman's? your Father of the Marshalsea.

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Society? and Barnacles? Merdles? / Flora? Casby? / Pet’s Marriage

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Yes. / Release of the Father of the Marshalsea, and enrichment of the whole family. / Mrs Gowan's reception of Pet, and submission to her son's marriage - in other words, to his having his debts paid / Mr and Mrs Meagles, and their loss. / Society’s idea of a marriage. / Clennam has already pledged himself to Minn Pet, to use his influence with her father, towards elevating her husband in his good opinion. Observe this always

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(Little Dorrit. ——————————————- No. X.)

Chapter XXXIII.

Mrs Merdle’s complaint.

As opposed to Mr Merdle's complaint - His heavy and careworn manner is not fit for Society. / Mrs Gowan's pretext, dandled about between herself & Mrs Merdle. Open with this Edmund Sparkler - Pave the way for a change in Mr Merdle's manner.

Chapter XXXIV.

A disappointed Man A Shoal of Barnacles.

Pet's Wedding. / A "dissappointed man", Gowan. / The Shoal of Barnacles and Lord Decimus. And yet the company does Mr. Meagles good "Such high company!”

Chapter XXXV.

What was behind Mr Pancks on Little Dorrit’s hand

Pancks authorizes Clennam to “break it” to the Family - / Summing up of the Conspiracy / Clennam with Little Dorrit at Flora's (Flora)

Both with Mr Dorrit at the Marshalsea / Contrast of father and daughter.

Chapter XXXVI.

The Marshalsea becomes an Orphan.

The Departure from the Prison - Feast &c /Two Brothers - "What will they do without me. / all particulars and family procession Casby??? Casby / But no mention of Little Dorrit until the end. Quite forgotten. and brought out insensible by Clennam {????].

End of The First Book.

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