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Chapter 6. Something Right Somewhere

           IcametocalluponMrEdwardDorritmyself.Indeed,uponMrDorritlikewise.Infact,uponthefamily.’

           Turninggraciouslytotheattendants,MissFannyinquiredwhetherherpapaorbrotherwaswithin?Thereplybeingthattheywerebothwithin,MrSparklerhumblyofferedhisarm.MissFannyacceptingit,wassquiredupthegreatstaircasebyMrSparkler,who,ifhestillbelieved(whichthereisnotanyreasontodoubt)thatshehadnononsenseabouther,ratherdeceivedhimself.

           Arrivedinamoulderingreception-room,wherethefadedhangings,ofasadsea-green,hadwornandwithereduntiltheylookedasiftheymighthaveclaimedkindredwiththewaifsofseaweeddriftingunderthewindows,orclingingtothewallsandweepingfortheirimprisonedrelations,MissFannydespatchedemissariesforherfatherandbrother.Pendingwhoseappearance,sheshowedtogreatadvantageonasofa,completingMrSparkler’sconquestwithsomeremarksuponDante—knowntothatgentlemanasaneccentricmaninthenatureofanOldFile,whousedtoputleavesroundhishead,andsituponastoolforsomeunaccountablepurpose,outsidethecathedralatFlorence.

           MrDorritwelcomedthevisitorwiththehighesturbanity,andmostcourtlymanners.HeinquiredparticularlyafterMrsMerdle.HeinquiredparticularlyafterMrMerdle.

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