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Chapter 33. Mrs Merdle’s Complaint

           ThataffairofHenry’sthatItoldyouof,istotakeplace.Now,howdoesitstrikeyou?Iamdyingtoknow,becauseyourepresentandexpressSocietysowell.’

           MrsMerdlereviewedthebosomwhichSocietywasaccustomedtoreview;andhavingascertainedthatshow-windowofMrMerdle’sandtheLondonjewellers’tobeingoodorder,replied:

           ‘Astomarriageonthepartofaman,mydear,Societyrequiresthatheshouldretrievehisfortunesbymarriage.Societyrequiresthatheshouldgainbymarriage.Societyrequiresthatheshouldfoundahandsomeestablishmentbymarriage.Societydoesnotsee,otherwise,whathehastodowithmarriage.Bird,bequiet!’

           Fortheparrotonhiscageabovethem,presidingovertheconferenceasifhewereajudge(andindeedhelookedratherlikeone),hadwounduptheexpositionwithashriek.

           ‘Casesthereare,’saidMrsMerdle,delicatelycrookingthelittlefingerofherfavouritehand,andmakingherremarksneaterbythatneataction;‘casestherearewhereamanisnotyoungorelegant,andisrich,andhasahandsomeestablishmentalready.Thoseareofadifferentkind.Insuchcases—’

           MrsMerdleshruggedhersnowyshouldersandputherhanduponthejewel-stand,checkingalittlecough,asthoughtoadd,‘why,amanlooksoutforthissortofthing,mydear.

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