Book 1

, chap. xxx.]

[Illustration: ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT MR. BLANDOIS'S ROOM, A BOTTLE OF PORT WINE WAS ORDERED BY THAT GALLANT GENTLEMAN; WHO COILED HIMSELF UP ON THE WINDOW-SEAT, WHILE MR. FLINTWINCH TOOK A CHAIR OPPOSITE TO HIM, WITH THE TABLE BETWEEN THEM-- Book 1 , chap. xxx.]

[Illustration: THEY WERE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF THEIR DESTINATION, WHEN, AT THE CORNER OF HER OWN STREET, THEY CAME UPON FANNY, IN HER NEW BONNET, BOUND FOR THE SAME PORT-- Book 1 , chap. xxxi.]

[Illustration: "DEAR LITTLE DORRIT, LET ME LAY IT DOWN." SHE YIELDED TO HIM, AND HE PUT IT ASIDE! HER HANDS WERE THEN NERVOUSLY CLASPING TOGETHER--