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Chapter 3. On the Road

           

           Thelady,recoveringherselfquickly—foritwasMrsMerdleandshewasnoteasilydashed—wentontoaddthatshetrustedinsayingthis,sheapologisedforherboldness,andrestoredthiswell-behavedlandlordtothefavourthatwassoveryvaluabletohim.MrDorrit,onthealtarofwhosedignityallthiswasincense,madeagraciousreply;andsaidthathispeopleshould—ha—countermandhishorses,andhewould—hum—overlookwhathehadatfirstsupposedtobeanaffront,butnowregardedasanhonour.Uponthisthebosombenttohim;anditsowner,withawonderfulcommandoffeature,addressedawinningsmileofadieutothetwosisters,asyoungladiesoffortuneinwhosefavourshewasmuchprepossessed,andwhomshehadneverhadthegratificationofseeingbefore.

           Notso,however,MrSparkler.Thisgentleman,becomingtransfixedatthesamemomentashislady-mother,couldnotbyanymeansunfixhimselfagain,butstoodstifflystaringatthewholecompositionwithMissFannyintheForeground.Onhismothersaying,‘Edmund,wearequiteready;willyougivemeyourarm?’heseemed,bythemotionofhislips,toreplywithsomeremarkcomprehendingtheformofwordsinwhichhisshiningtalentsfoundthemostfrequentutterance,butherelaxednomuscle.Sofixedwashisfigure,thatitwouldhavebeenmatterofsomedifficultytobendhimsufficientlytogethiminthecarriage-door,ifhehadnotreceivedthetimelyassistanceofamaternalpullfromwithin.Hewasnosoonerwithinthanthepadofthelittlewindowinthebackofthechariotdisappeared,andhiseyeusurpeditsplace.

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