Dora’s Aunts

           Atlast,ananswercamefromthetwooldladies.TheypresentedtheircomplimentstoMr.Copperfield,andinformedhimthattheyhadgivenhislettertheirbestconsideration,‘withaviewtothehappinessofbothparties’whichIthoughtratheranalarmingexpression,notonlybecauseoftheusetheyhadmadeofitinrelationtothefamilydifferencebefore-mentioned,butbecauseIhad(andhaveallmylife)observedthatconventionalphrasesareasortoffireworks,easilyletoff,andliabletotakeagreatvarietyofshapesandcoloursnotatallsuggestedbytheiroriginalform.TheMissesSpenlowaddedthattheybeggedtoforbearexpressing,‘throughthemediumofcorrespondence’,anopiniononthesubjectofMr.Copperfield’scommunication;butthatifMr.Copperfieldwoulddothemthefavourtocall,uponacertainday(accompanied,ifhethoughtproper,byaconfidentialfriend),theywouldbehappytoholdsomeconversationonthesubject.

           Tothisfavour,Mr.Copperfieldimmediatelyreplied,withhisrespectfulcompliments,thathewouldhavethehonourofwaitingontheMissesSpenlow,atthetimeappointed;accompanied,inaccordancewiththeirkindpermission,byhisfriendMr.ThomasTraddlesoftheInnerTemple.Havingdispatchedwhichmissive,Mr.Copperfieldfellintoaconditionofstrongnervousagitation;andsoremaineduntilthedayarrived.

           Itwasagreataugmentationofmyuneasinesstobebereaved,atthiseventfulcrisis,oftheinestimableservicesofMissMills.ButMr.

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