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He would probably need no thanks, Clennam said Very likely he would be

thankful himself (and with reason), that he had had thea little service to her, ell deserved a great one

'And what I was going to say, sir, is,' said Little Dorrit, treht, I would tell hioodness, and howto say, sir, is, that if I knew hiht--but I don't know him and I must not--I know that!--I would

tell hi

prayed to Heaven to bless hio down on my knees to him, and take his hand and kiss

it and ask him not to draw it away, but to leave it--O to leave it for a

moment--and let my thankful tears fall on it; for I have no other thanks

to give him!' Little Dorrit had put his hand to her lips, and would have kneeled to

hiently prevented her, and replaced her in her chair

Her eyes, and the tones of her voice, had thanked hiht He was not able to say, quite as composedly as usual,

'There, Little Dorrit, there, there, there! We will suppose that you did

know this person, and that you ht do all this, and that it was all

done And now tell

ed you to trust his you so far through the streets

at this late hour, ain,

'Little Dorrit!'