TheFatheroftheMarshalseaintwoorthreeRelationsThebrothersWilliamandFrederickDorrit，walkingupanddowntheCollege-yard——ofcourseonthearistocraticorPumpside，fortheFathermadeitapointofhisstatetobecharyofgoingamonghischildrenonthePoorside，exceptonSundaymornings，ChristmasDays，andotheroccasionsofceremony，intheobservancewhereofhewasverypunctual，andatwhichtimeshelaidhishandupontheheadsoftheirinfants，andblessedthoseyounginsolventswithabenignitythatwashighlyedifying——thebrothers，walkingupanddowntheCollege-yardtogether，wereamemorablesight。Frederickthefree，wassohumbled，bowed，withered，andfaded；Williamthebond，wassocourtly，condescending，andbenevolentlyconsciousofaposition；thatinthisregardonly，ifinnoother，thebrotherswereaspectacletowonderat。
TheywalkedupanddowntheyardontheeveningofLittleDorrit’sSundayinterviewwithherloverontheIronBridge。Thecaresofstatewereoverforthatday，theDrawingRoomhadbeenwellattended，severalnewpresentationshadtakenplace，thethree-and-
sixpenceaccidentallyleftonthetablehadaccidentallyincreasedtotwelveshillings，andtheFatheroftheMarshalsearefreshedhimselfwithawhiffofcigar。Ashewalkedupanddown，affablyaccommodatinghissteptotheshuffleofhisbrother，notproudinhissuperiority，butconsiderateofthatpoorcreature，bearingwithhim，andbreathingtolerationofhisinfirmitiesineverylittlepuffofsmokethatissuedfromhislipsandaspiredtogetoverthespikedwall，hewasasighttowonderat。
HisbrotherFrederickofthedimeye，palsiedhand，bentform，andgropingmind，submissivelyshuffledathisside，acceptinghispatronageasheacceptedeveryincidentofthelabyrinthianworldinwhichhehadgotlost。Heheldtheusualscrewedbitofwhitey-
brownpaperinhishand，fromwhichheeverandagainunscrewedasparepinchofsnuff。Thatfalteringlytaken，hewouldglanceathisbrothernotunadmiringly，puthishandsbehindhim，andshuffleonsoathissideuntilhetookanotherpinch，orstoodstilltolookabouthim——perchancesuddenlymissinghisclarionet。