Book 2

, chap. xxviii.]

[Illustration: AND SHE CAME TOWARDS HIM WITH HER HANDS LAID ON HIS BREAST TO KEEP HIM IN HIS CHAIR, AND WITH HER KNEES UPON THE FLOOR AT HIS FEET, AND WITH HER LIPS RAISED UP TO KISS HIM, AND WITH HER TEARS DROPPING ON HIM AS THE RAIN FROM HEAVEN HAD DROPPED UPON THE FLOWERS, LITTLE DORRIT, A LOVING PRESENCE, CALLED HIM BY HIS NAME--