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Chapter 5. Something Wrong Somewhere

           Itsoevidentlyheightenedhisgratificationthatsheoftenaccompaniedhimafterwards,andthegreatestdelightofwhichtheoldmanhadshownhimselfsusceptiblesincehisruin,aroseoutoftheseexcursions,whenhewouldcarryachairaboutforherfrompicturetopicture,andstandbehindit,inspiteofallherremonstrances,silentlypresentinghertothenobleVenetians.

           Itfelloutthat,atthisfamilybreakfast,hereferredtotheirhavingseeninagallery,onthepreviousday,theladyandgentlemanwhomtheyhadencounteredontheGreatSaintBernard,‘Iforgetthename,’saidhe.‘Idaresayyourememberthem,William?Idaresayyoudo,Edward?’

           ‘Iremember‘emwellenough,’saidthelatter.

           ‘Ishouldthinkso,’observedMissFanny,withatossofherheadandaglanceathersister.‘Buttheywouldnothavebeenrecalledtoourremembrance,Isuspect,ifUnclehadn’ttumbledoverthesubject.’

           ‘Mydear,whatacuriousphrase,’saidMrsGeneral.‘Wouldnotinadvertentlylightedupon,oraccidentallyreferredto,bebetter?’

           ‘Thankyouverymuch,MrsGeneral,’returnedtheyounglady,‘no,Ithinknot.OnthewholeIprefermyownexpression.’

           ThiswasalwaysMissFanny’swayofreceivingasuggestionfromMrsGeneral.Butshealwaysstoreditupinhermind,andadopteditatanothertime.

           ‘IshouldhavementionedourhavingmetMrandMrsGowan,Fanny,’saidLittleDorrit,‘evenifUnclehadnot.Ihavescarcelyseenyousince,youknow.

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