[Illustration: "DESPATCH THEN! ACHIEVE THEN! BRING MR. FLINTWINCH! ANNOUNCE ME TO MY LADY!" CRIED THE STRANGER, CLANKING ABOUT THE STONE FLOOR. "PRAY TELL ME, AFFERY," SAID ARTHUR ALOUD AND STERNLY, AS HE SURVEYED HIM FROM HEAD TO FOOT WITH INDIGNATION, "WHO IS THIS GENTLEMAN?"--Book 2, chap. x.] [Illustration: THERE IS A CURTAIN, MORE DIRT-COLOURED THAN RED, WHICH DIVIDES IT, AND THE PART BEHIND THE CURTAIN MAKES THE PRIVATE SITTING-ROOM. WHEN I FIRST SAW HER THERE SHE WAS ALONE, AND HER WORK HAD FALLEN OUT OF HER HAND, AND SHE WAS LOOKING UP AT THE SKY SHINING THROUGH THE TOPS OF THE WINDOWS--Book 2, chap. xi.] [Illustration: "AND YOU HAVE REALLY INVESTED," CLENNAM HAD ALREADY PASSED TO THAT WORD, "YOUR THOUSAND POUNDS, PANCKS?" ... "TO BE SURE, SIR!" REPLIED PANCKS BOLDLY, WITH A PUFF OF SMOKE, "AND ONLY WISH IT TEN."--Book 2, chap. xiii.] [Illustration: LITTLE DORRIT USED TO SIT AND MUSE HERE, MUCH AS SHE HAD BEEN USED TO WHILE AWAY THE TIME ON HER BALCONY IN VENICE. SEATED THUS ONE DAY, SHE WAS SOFTLY TOUCHED ON THE SHOULDER, AND FANNY SAID, "WELL, MY DEAR," AND TOOK HER SEAT AT HER SIDE--Book 2, chap. xiv.] [Illustration: "TO PRESERVE YOUR APPROBATION, MRS. GENERAL," SAID FANNY, RETURNING THE SMILE WITH ONE IN WHICH THERE WAS NO TRACE OF THOSE INGREDIENTS, "WILL OF COURSE BE THE HIGHEST OBJECT OF MY MARRIED LIFE; TO LOSE IT, WOULD OF COURSE BE PERFECT WRETCHEDNESS"--Book 2, chap. xv.] [Illustration: "WHERE IS THIS MISSING MAN? HAVE YOU COME TO GIVE US INFORMATION WHERE HE IS? I HOPE YOU HAVE." "SO FAR FROM IT, I--HUM, HAVE COME TO SEEK INFORMATION."... "UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, THERE IS NONE TO BE GOT HERE. FLINTWINCH, SHOW THE GENTLEMAN THE HAND-BILL. GIVE HIM SEVERAL TO TAKE AWAY. HOLD THE LIGHT FOR HIM TO READ IT"--Book 2, chap. xvii.] [Illustration: THE SUN HAD GONE DOWN FULL FOUR HOURS, AND IT WAS LATER THAN MOST TRAVELLERS WOULD LIKE IT TO BE FOR FINDING THEMSELVES OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF ROME, WHEN MR. DORRIT'S CARRIAGE, STILL ON ITS LAST WEARISOME STAGE, RATTLED OVER THE SOLITARY CAMPAGNA--Book 2, chap. xix.] [Illustration: AS EACH OF THE TWO HANDSOME FACES LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, CLENNAM FELT HOW EACH OF THE TWO NATURES MUST BE CONSTANTLY TEARING THE OTHER TO PIECES--Book 2, chap. xx.] [Illustration: ONE FIGURE REPOSED UPON THE BED, THE OTHER KNEELING ON THE FLOOR, DROOPED OVER IT THE ARMS EASILY AND PEACEFULLY RESTING ON THE COVERLET; ... THE TWO BROTHERS WERE BEFORE THEIR FATHER; FAR BEYOND THE TWILIGHT JUDGMENTS OF THIS WORLD; HIGH ABOVE ITS MISTS AND OBSCURITIES--Book 2, chap. xix.] [Illustration: AFTER ONE OF THE NIGHTS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN OF, I CAME DOWN INTO A GREENHOUSE BEFORE BREAKFAST. CHARLOTTE (THE NAME OF MY FALSE YOUNG FRIEND) HAD GONE DOWN BEFORE ME, AND I HEARD HER AUNT SPEAKING TO HER ABOUT ME, AS I ENTERED. I STOPPED WHERE I WAS, AMONG THE LEAVES AND LISTENED--Book 2, chap. xxi.]