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Book 3

, chap. iv.]

LITTLE DORRIT

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FIFTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. MAHONEY

[Illustration: IN MARSEILLES THAT DAY THERE WAS A VILLAINOUS PRISON. IN ONE OF ITS CHAMBERS, SO REPULSIVE A PLACE, THAT EVEN THE OBTRUSIVE STARS BLINKED AT IT, AND LEFT IT TO SUCH REFUSE OF REFLECTED LIGHT AS IT COULD FIND FOR ITSELF, WERE TWO MEN-- Book 1 , chap. i.]

[Illustration: "NOTHING CHANGED," SAID THE TRAVELLER, STOPPING TO LOOK ROUND. "DARK AND MISERABLE AS EVER"-- Book 1 , chap. iii.]

[Illustration: THE OBSERVER STOOD WITH HER HAND UPON HER OWN BOSOM, LOOKING AT THE GIRL--