sometimesshootingona-head,andstoppingtoletthempass;
sometimes,whenthewaywasbroadenough,skimmingalongsidebysidewiththem;andsometimesfollowingcloseastern;andasFannygraduallymadenodisguisethatshewasplayingoffgracesuponsomebodywithinit,ofwhomsheatthesametimefeignedtobeunconscious;LittleDorritatlengthaskedwhoitwas?
TowhichFannymadetheshortanswer,’Thatgaby。’
’Who?’saidLittleDorrit。
’Mydearchild,’returnedFannyinatonesuggestingthatbeforeherUncle’sprotestshemighthavesaid,Youlittlefool,instead,’howslowyouare!YoungSparkler。’