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Chapter 20. Moving in Society

           MrMerdleisamostextensivemerchant,histransactionsareonthevastestscale,hiswealthandinfluenceareverygreat,butevenhe—Bird,bequiet!’

           Theparrothadshriekedanothershriek;anditfilledupthesentencesoexpressivelythatMrsMerdlewasundernonecessitytoendit.

           ‘SinceyoursisterbegsthatIwouldterminateourpersonalacquaintance,’shebeganagain,addressingLittleDorrit,‘byrelatingthecircumstancesthataremuchtohercredit,Icannotobjecttocomplywithherrequest,Iamsure.Ihaveason(Iwasfirstmarriedextremelyyoung)oftwoorthree-and-twenty.’

           Fannysetherlips,andhereyeslookedhalftriumphantlyathersister.

           ‘Asonoftwoorthree-and-twenty.Heisalittlegay,athingSocietyisaccustomedtoinyoungmen,andheisveryimpressible.Perhapsheinheritsthatmisfortune.Iamveryimpressiblemyself,bynature.Theweakestofcreatures—myfeelingsaretouchedinamoment.’

           Shesaidallthis,andeverythingelse,ascoldlyasawomanofsnow;quiteforgettingthesistersexceptatoddtimes,andapparentlyaddressingsomeabstractionofSociety;forwhosebehoof,too,sheoccasionallyarrangedherdress,orthecompositionofherfigureupontheottoman.

           ‘Soheisveryimpressible.NotamisfortuneinournaturalstateIdaresay,butwearenotinanaturalstate.Muchtobelamented,nodoubt,particularlybymyself,whoamachildofnatureifIcouldbutshowit;butsoitis.

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