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Mr
Clennam
became
seated
.
‘
You
have
called
on
me
,
I
believe
,
’
said
Mr
Barnacle
,
‘
at
the
Circumlocution
—
’
giving
it
the
air
of
a
word
of
about
five
-
and
-
twenty
syllables
—
‘
Office
.
’
‘
I
have
taken
that
liberty
.
’
Mr
Barnacle
solemnly
bent
his
head
as
who
should
say
,
‘
I
do
not
deny
that
it
is
a
liberty
;
proceed
to
take
another
liberty
,
and
let
me
know
your
business
.
’
‘
Allow
me
to
observe
that
I
have
been
for
some
years
in
China
,
am
quite
a
stranger
at
home
,
and
have
no
personal
motive
or
interest
in
the
inquiry
I
am
about
to
make
.
’
Mr
Barnacle
tapped
his
fingers
on
the
table
,
and
,
as
if
he
were
now
sitting
for
his
portrait
to
a
new
and
strange
artist
,
appeared
to
say
to
his
visitor
,
‘
If
you
will
be
good
enough
to
take
me
with
my
present
lofty
expression
,
I
shall
feel
obliged
.
’
‘
I
have
found
a
debtor
in
the
Marshalsea
Prison
of
the
name
of
Dorrit
,
who
has
been
there
many
years
.
I
wish
to
investigate
his
confused
affairs
so
far
as
to
ascertain
whether
it
may
not
be
possible
,
after
this
lapse
of
time
,
to
ameliorate
his
unhappy
condition
.
The
name
of
Mr
Tite
Barnacle
has
been
mentioned
to
me
as
representing
some
highly
influential
interest
among
his
creditors
.
Am
I
correctly
informed
?
’
It
being
one
of
the
principles
of
the
Circumlocution
Office
never
,
on
any
account
whatever
,
to
give
a
straightforward
answer
,
Mr
Barnacle
said
,
‘
Possibly
.
’
‘
On
behalf
of
the
Crown
,
may
I
ask
,
or
as
private
individual
?
’
