description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ... to see; and what he had to announce to their little friend. At which astounding intelligence Flora clasped her hands, fell into a tremble, and shed tears of sympathy and pleasure, like the good-natured creature she really was. "For gracious sake let me get out of the way first," said Flora, putting her hands to her ears, ami moving towards the door, "or I know I shall go off dead and screaming and make everybody worse, and the dear little thing only this morning looking so nice and neat and good and yet so poor and now a fortune is she really and deserves it too! and might I mention it to Mr. F.'s Aunt Arthur not Doyce and Clennain for this once or if objectionable not on any account." Arthur nodded his free permission, since Flora shut out all verbal communication. Flora nodded in return to thank him, and hurried out of the room. Little Dorrit's step was already on the stairs, and in another moment she was at the door. Do what he would to compose his face, he could not convey so much of an ordinary expression into it, but that the moment she saw it she dropped her work, and cried, "Mr. Clennam! What's the matter?" 'Nothing, nothing. That is, no misfortune has happened. I have come to tell you something, but it is a piece of great good fortune." "Good fortune?" "Wonderful fortune!" They stood in a window, and her eyes full of light, were fixed upon his face. He put an arm about her, seeing her likely to sink down. She put a hand upon that arm, partly to rest upon it, and partly so to preserve their relative positions as that her intent look at him should be shaken by no change of attitude in either of them. Her lips seemed to repeat "Wonderful fortune?" He repeated it again aloud. "Dear ...
language: English
title: The complete works of Derek Dingle
titlecomplete: The complete works of Derek Dingle
ratings_count: 3
publisher: R. Kaufman and A. Greenberg