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Chapter 7. Mostly, Prunes and Prism

           

           ‘Uponmyword,mydear,’rejoinedthatyoungladywithexceedingindifference,‘Iwouldn’tpositivelyanswerevenforthat.There’snoknowingwhatmighthappen.EspeciallyasIshouldhavemanyopportunities,afterwards,oftreatingthatwoman,hismother,inherownstyle.WhichImostdecidedlyshouldnotbeslowtoavailmyselfof,Amy.’

           Nomorepassedbetweenthesistersthen;butwhathadpassedgavethetwosubjectsofMrsGeneralandMrSparklergreatprominenceinLittleDorrit’smind,andthenceforthshethoughtverymuchofboth.

           MrsGeneral,havinglongagoformedherownsurfacetosuchperfectionthatithidwhateverwasbelowit(ifanything),noobservationwastobemadeinthatquarter.MrDorritwasundeniablyverypolitetoherandhadahighopinionofher;butFanny,impetuousatmosttimes,mighteasilybewrongforallthat.Whereas,theSparklerquestionwasonthedifferentfootingthatanyonecouldseewhatwasgoingonthere,andLittleDorritsawitandponderedonitwithmanydoubtsandwonderings.

           ThedevotionofMrSparklerwasonlytobeequalledbythecapriceandcrueltyofhisenslaver.Sometimesshewouldpreferhimtosuchdistinctionofnotice,thathewouldchucklealoudwithjoy;nextday,ornexthour,shewouldoverlookhimsocompletely,anddrophimintosuchanabyssofobscurity,thathewouldgroanunderaweakpretenceofcoughing.

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