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Chapter 20. Moving in Society

           Shelookedinamazementathersisterandwouldhaveaskedaquestion,butthatFannywithawarningfrownpointedtoacurtaineddoorwayofcommunicationwithanotherroom.Thecurtainshooknextmoment,andalady,raisingitwithaheavilyringedhand,droppeditbehindheragainassheentered.

           TheladywasnotyoungandfreshfromthehandofNature,butwasyoungandfreshfromthehandofhermaid.Shehadlargeunfeelinghandsomeeyes,anddarkunfeelinghandsomehair,andabroadunfeelinghandsomebosom,andwasmadethemostofineveryparticular.Eitherbecauseshehadacold,orbecauseitsuitedherface,sheworearichwhitefillettiedoverherheadandunderherchin.Andifevertherewereanunfeelinghandsomechinthatlookedasif,forcertain,ithadneverbeen,infamiliarparlance,‘chucked’bythehandofman,itwasthechincurbedupsotightandclosebythatlacedbridle.

           ‘MrsMerdle,’saidFanny.‘Mysister,ma’am.’

           ‘Iamgladtoseeyoursister,MissDorrit.Ididnotrememberthatyouhadasister.’

           ‘IdidnotmentionthatIhad,’saidFanny.

           ‘Ah!’MrsMerdlecurledthelittlefingerofherlefthandaswhoshouldsay,‘Ihavecaughtyou.Iknowyoudidn’t!’Allheractionwasusuallywithherlefthandbecauseherhandswerenotapair;andleftbeingmuchthewhiterandplumperofthetwo.Thensheadded:‘Sitdown,’andcomposedherselfvoluptuously,inanestofcrimsonandgoldcushions,onanottomanneartheparrot.

           ‘Alsoprofessional?’saidMrsMerdle,lookingatLittleDorritthroughaneye-glass.

           FannyansweredNo.

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