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Chapter 2. Mrs General

           

           ‘Permitmetoadd,’saidMrsGeneral,‘thatbeyondthis,Icanneverresumethetopic.AlsothatIcanacceptnosecondorinferiorposition.IfthehonourwereproposedtomeofbecomingknowntoMrDorrit’sfamily—Ithinktwodaughterswerementioned?—’

           ‘Twodaughters.’

           ‘Icouldonlyacceptitontermsofperfectequality,asacompanion,protector,Mentor,andfriend.’

           MrDorrit,inspiteofhissenseofhisimportance,feltasifitwouldbequiteakindnessinhertoacceptitonanyconditions.Healmostsaidasmuch.

           ‘Ithink,’repeatedMrsGeneral,‘twodaughterswerementioned?’

           ‘Twodaughters,’saidMrDorritagain.

           ‘Itwouldtherefore,’saidMrsGeneral,‘benecessarytoaddathirdmoretothepayment(whateveritsamountmayprovetobe),whichmyfriendsherehavebeenaccustomedtomaketomybankers’.’

           MrDorritlostnotimeinreferringthedelicatequestiontothecounty-widower,andfindingthathehadbeenaccustomedtopaythreehundredpoundsa-yeartothecreditofMrsGeneral,arrived,withoutanyseverestrainonhisarithmetic,attheconclusionthathehimselfmustpayfour.MrsGeneralbeinganarticleofthatlustroussurfacewhichsuggeststhatitisworthanymoney,hemadeaformalproposaltobeallowedtohavethehonourandpleasureofregardingherasamemberofhisfamily.MrsGeneralconcededthathighprivilege,andhereshewas.

           Inperson,MrsGeneral,includingherskirtswhichhadmuchtodowithit,wasofadignifiedandimposingappearance;ample,rustling,gravelyvoluminous;alwaysuprightbehindtheproprieties.

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