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“Ilittlethought,”saidMissPross,“thatIshouldeverwantto understandyournonsensicallanguagebutIwouldgiveallIhave, excepttheclothesIwear,toknowwhetheryoususpectthetruth, oranypartofit.” Neitherofthemforasinglemomentreleasedtheother’seyes. MadameDefargehadnotmovedfromthespotwhereshestood whenMissProssfirstbecameawareofherbut,shenowadvanced onestep. “IamaBriton,”saidMissPross.“Iamdesperate.Idon’tcare anEnglishTwopenceformyself.IknowthatthelongerIkeepyou here,thegreaterhopethereisformyLadybird.I’llnotleavea handfulofthatdarkhairuponyourhead,ifyoulayafingeron me!” CharlesDickensElecBookClassics ThusMissPross,withashakeofherheadandaflashofher eyesbetweeneveryrapidsentence,andeveryrapidsentencea wholebreath.ThusMissPross,whohadneverstruckablowin herlife. But,hercouragewasofthatemotionalnaturethatitbrought theirrepressibletearsintohereyes.Thiswasacouragethat MadameDefargesolittlecomprehendedastomistakefor weakness.“Ha,ha!”shelaughed,“youpoorwretch!Whatareyou worth!IaddressmyselftothatDoctor.”Thensheraisedhervoice andcalledout,“CitizenDoctor!WifeofEvremonde!Childof Evremonde!Anypersonbutthismiserablefool,an