Chapter 5. Something Wrong Somewhere

           

           ThefamilyhadbeenamonthortwoatVenice,whenMrDorrit,whowasmuchamongCountsandMarquises,andhadbutscantleisure,setanhourofonedayapart,beforehand,forthepurposeofholdingsomeconferencewithMrsGeneral.

           Thetimehehadreservedinhismindarriving,hesentMrTinkler,hisvalet,toMrsGeneral’sapartment(whichwouldhaveabsorbedaboutathirdoftheareaoftheMarshalsea),topresenthiscomplimentstothatlady,andrepresenthimasdesiringthefavourofaninterview.Itbeingthatperiodoftheforenoonwhenthevariousmembersofthefamilyhadcoffeeintheirownchambers,somecoupleofhoursbeforeassemblingatbreakfastinafadedhallwhichhadoncebeensumptuous,butwasnowthepreyofwateryvapoursandasettledmelancholy,MrsGeneralwasaccessibletothevalet.Thatenvoyfoundheronalittlesquareofcarpet,soextremelydiminutiveinreferencetothesizeofherstoneandmarblefloorthatshelookedasifshemighthavehaditspreadforthetryingonofaready-madepairofshoes;orasifshehadcomeintopossessionoftheenchantedpieceofcarpet,boughtforfortypursesbyoneofthethreeprincesintheArabianNights,andhadthatmomentbeentransportedonit,atawish,intoapalatialsaloonwithwhichithadnoconnection.

           MrsGeneral,replyingtotheenvoy,asshesetdownheremptycoffee-cup,thatshewaswillingatoncetoproceedtoMrDorrit’sapartment,andsparehimthetroubleofcomingtoher(which,inhisgallantry,hehadproposed),theenvoythrewopenthedoor,andescortedMrsGeneraltothepresence.

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