Chapter 15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons

           

           shouldnotbejoinedtogether

           MrDorrit,onbeinginformedbyhiselderdaughterthatshehadacceptedmatrimonialoverturesfromMrSparkler,towhomshehadplightedhertroth,receivedthecommunicationatoncewithgreatdignityandwithalargedisplayofparentalpride;hisdignitydilatingwiththewidenedprospectofadvantageousgroundfromwhichtomakeacquaintances,andhisparentalpridebeingdevelopedbyMissFanny’sreadysympathywiththatgreatobjectofhisexistence.Hegavehertounderstandthathernobleambitionfoundharmoniousechoesinhisheart;andbestowedhisblessingonher,asachildbrimfulofdutyandgoodprinciple,self-devotedtotheaggrandisementofthefamilyname.

           ToMrSparkler,whenMissFannypermittedhimtoappear,MrDorritsaid,hewouldnotdisguisethattheallianceMrSparklerdidhimthehonourtoproposewashighlycongenialtohisfeelings;bothasbeinginunisonwiththespontaneousaffectionsofhisdaughterFanny,andasopeningafamilyconnectionofagratifyingnaturewithMrMerdle,themasterspiritoftheage.MrsMerdlealso,asaleadingladyrichindistinction,elegance,grace,andbeauty,hementionedinverylaudatoryterms.

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