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Chapter 14. Taking Advice

           Uncle,mylove,isaltogetherunpresentable.ThoughadearcreaturetowhomIamtenderlyattached,heis,sociallyspeaking,shocking.Edwardisfrightfullyexpensiveanddissipated.Idon’tmeanthatthereisanythingungenteelinthatitself—farfromit—butIdomeanthathedoesn’tdoitwell,andthathedoesn’t,ifImaysoexpressmyself,getthemoney’s-worthinthesortofdissipatedreputationthatattachestohim.’

           ‘PoorEdward!’sighedLittleDorrit,withthewholefamilyhistoryinthesigh.

           ‘Yes.Andpooryouandme,too,’returnedFanny,rathersharply.‘Verytrue!Then,mydear,wehavenomother,andwehaveaMrsGeneral.AndItellyouagain,darling,thatMrsGeneral,ifImayreverseacommonproverbandadaptittoher,isacatingloveswhowillcatchmice.Thatwoman,Iamquitesureandconfident,willbeourmother-in-law.’

           ‘Icanhardlythink,Fanny—’Fannystoppedher.

           ‘Now,don’targuewithmeaboutit,Amy,’saidshe,‘becauseIknowbetter.’Feelingthatshehadbeensharpagain,shedabbedhersister’sforeheadagain,andblewuponitagain.‘Toresumeoncemore,mydear.Itthenbecomesaquestionwithme(Iamproudandspirited,Amy,asyouverywellknow:toomuchso,Idaresay)whetherIshallmakeupmymindtotakeituponmyselftocarrythefamilythrough.’

           ‘How?’askedhersister,anxiously.

           ‘Iwillnot,’saidFanny,withoutansweringthequestion,‘submittobemother-in-lawedbyMrsGeneral;andIwillnotsubmittobe,inanyrespectwhatever,eitherpatronisedortormentedbyMrsMerdle.

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