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Chapter 21. Mr Merdle’s Complaint

           Itisprobablethatboththeserepresentationswereofexpostfactoorigin;theyounggentleman(whoseexpressivenamewasSparkler)beingmonomaniacalinofferingmarriagetoallmannerofundesirableyoungladies,andinremarkingofeverysuccessiveyoungladytowhomhetenderedamatrimonialproposalthatshewas‘adoosedfinegal—welleducatedtoo—withnobiggoddnonsenseabouther.’

           Ason-in-lawwiththeselimitedtalents,mighthavebeenacloguponanotherman;butMrMerdledidnotwantason-in-lawforhimself;hewantedason-in-lawforSociety.MrSparklerhavingbeenintheGuards,andbeinginthehabitoffrequentingalltheraces,andallthelounges,andalltheparties,andbeingwellknown,Societywassatisfiedwithitsson-in-law.ThishappyresultMrMerdlewouldhaveconsideredwellattained,thoughMrSparklerhadbeenamoreexpensivearticle.AndhedidnotgetMrSparklerbyanymeanscheapforSociety,evenasitwas.

           TherewasadinnergivingintheHarleyStreetestablishment,whileLittleDorritwasstitchingatherfather’snewshirtsbyhissidethatnight;andthereweremagnatesfromtheCourtandmagnatesfromtheCity,magnatesfromtheCommonsandmagnatesfromtheLords,magnatesfromthebenchandmagnatesfromthebar,Bishopmagnates,Treasurymagnates,HorseGuardmagnates,Admiraltymagnates,—allthemagnatesthatkeepusgoing,andsometimestripusup.

           ‘Iamtold,’saidBishopmagnatetoHorseGuards,‘thatMrMerdlehasmadeanotherenormoushit.Theysayahundredthousandpounds.’

           HorseGuardshadheardtwo.

           Treasuryhadheardthree.

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