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Chapter 5. Something Wrong Somewhere

           Hewasabout(connectingtheaccreditingwithanobtrusivepersonofthenameofClennam,whomheimperfectlyrememberedinsomeformerstateofexistence)toblack-ballthenameofGowanfinally,whenEdwardDorrit,Esquire,cameintotheconversation,withhisglassinhiseye,andthepreliminaryremarkof‘Isay—youthere!Goout,willyou!’—whichwasaddressedtoacoupleofmenwhowerehandingthedishesround,asacourteousintimationthattheirservicescouldbetemporarilydispensedwith.

           Thosemenialshavingobeyedthemandate,EdwardDorrit,Esquire,proceeded.

           ‘Perhapsit’samatterofpolicytoletyouallknowthattheseGowans—inwhosefavour,oratleastthegentleman’s,Ican’tbesupposedtobemuchprepossessedmyself—areknowntopeopleofimportance,ifthatmakesanydifference.’

           ‘That,Iwouldsay,’observedthefairvarnisher,‘Makesthegreatestdifference.Theconnectioninquestion,beingreallypeopleofimportanceandconsideration—’

           ‘Astothat,’saidEdwardDorrit,Esquire,‘I’llgiveyouthemeansofjudgingforyourself.Youareacquainted,perhaps,withthefamousnameofMerdle?’

           ‘ThegreatMerdle!’exclaimedMrsGeneral.

           ‘TheMerdle,’saidEdwardDorrit,Esquire.‘Theyareknowntohim.MrsGowan—Imeanthedowager,mypolitefriend’smother—isintimatewithMrsMerdle,andIknowthesetwotobeontheirvisitinglist.’

           ‘Ifso,amoreundeniableguaranteecouldnotbegiven,’saidMrsGeneraltoMrDorrit,raisingherglovesandbowingherhead,asifsheweredoinghomagetosomevisiblegravenimage.

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