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Chapter 14. Taking Advice

           Moreover,itbecameplainwheneverHenryGowanattemptedtoperformthefriendlyofficeofdrawinghimout,thathewasnottobedrawn.Andnotonlythat,butFannywouldpresently,withoutanypointedapplicationintheworld,chancetosaysomethingwithsuchastinginitthatGowanwoulddrawbackasifhehadputhishandintoabee-hive.

           TherewasyetanothercircumstancewhichwentalongwaytoconfirmLittleDorritinherfears,thoughitwasnotagreatcircumstanceinitself.MrSparkler’sdemeanourtowardsherselfchanged.Itbecamefraternal.Sometimes,whenshewasintheoutercircleofassemblies—attheirownresidence,atMrsMerdle’s,orelsewhere—shewouldfindherselfstealthilysupportedroundthewaistbyMrSparkler’sarm.MrSparklerneverofferedtheslightestexplanationofthisattention;butmerelysmiledwithanairofblundering,contented,good-naturedproprietorship,which,insoheavyagentleman,wasominouslyexpressive.

           LittleDorritwasathomeoneday,thinkingaboutFannywithaheavyheart.Theyhadaroomatoneendoftheirdrawing-roomsuite,nearlyallirregularbay-window,projectingoverthestreet,andcommandingallthepicturesquelifeandvarietyoftheCorso,bothupanddown.Atthreeorfouro’clockintheafternoon,Englishtime,theviewfromthiswindowwasverybrightandpeculiar;andLittleDorritusedtositandmusehere,muchasshehadbeenusedtowhileawaythetimeinherbalconyatVenice.Seatedthusoneday,shewassoftlytouchedontheshoulder,andFannysaid,‘Well,Amydear,’andtookherseatatherside.

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