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

           

           MrSparkler,findinghimselfstunnedbythewordsthusheapeduponhisinoffensivehead,madeabriefthoughpertinentrejoinder;thesamebeingneithermorenorlessthanthathehadlongperceivedMissFannytohavenononsenseabouther,andthathehadnodoubtofitsbeingallrightwithhisGovernor.Atthatpointtheobjectofhisaffectionsshuthimuplikeaboxwithaspringlid,andsenthimaway.

           ProceedingshortlyafterwardstopayhisrespectstotheBosom,MrDorritwasreceivedbyitwithgreatconsideration.MrsMerdlehadheardofthisaffairfromEdmund.Shehadbeensurprisedatfirst,becauseshehadnotthoughtEdmundamarryingman.SocietyhadnotthoughtEdmundamarryingman.Still,ofcourseshehadseen,asawoman(wewomendidinstinctivelyseethesethings,MrDorrit!),thatEdmundhadbeenimmenselycaptivatedbyMissDorrit,andshehadopenlysaidthatMrDorrithadmuchtoanswerforinbringingsocharmingagirlabroadtoturntheheadsofhiscountrymen.

           ‘HaveIthehonourtoconclude,madam,’saidMrDorrit,‘thatthedirectionwhichMrSparkler’saffectionshavetaken,is—ha-approvedofbyyou?’

           ‘Iassureyou,MrDorrit,’returnedthelady,‘that,personally,Iamcharmed.’

           ThatwasverygratifyingtoMrDorrit.

           ‘Personally,’repeatedMrsMerdle,‘charmed.

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