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Chapter 15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons

           

           Thisskilfulsee-sawofMrDorritandMrsMerdle,sothateachofthemsenttheotherup,andeachofthemsenttheotherdown,andneitherhadtheadvantage,actedasasedativeonMrDorrit’scough.Heremarkedwithhisutmostpoliteness,thathemustbegtoprotestagainstitsbeingsupposed,evenbyMrsMerdle,theaccomplishedandgraceful(towhichcomplimentshebentherself),thatsuchenterprisesasMrMerdle’s,apartastheywerefromthepunyundertakingsoftherestofmen,hadanylowertendencythantoenlargeandexpandthegeniusinwhichtheywereconceived.‘Youaregenerosityitself,’saidMrsMerdleinreturn,smilingherbestsmile;‘letushopeso.ButIconfessIamalmostsuperstitiousinmyideasaboutbusiness.’

           MrDorritthrewinanothercomplimenthere,totheeffectthatbusiness,likethetimewhichwaspreciousinit,wasmadeforslaves;andthatitwasnotforMrsMerdle,whoruledallheartsathersupremepleasure,tohaveanythingtodowithit.MrsMerdlelaughed,andconveyedtoMrDorritanideathattheBosomflushed—whichwasoneofherbesteffects.

           ‘Isaysomuch,’shethenexplained,‘merelybecauseMrMerdlehasalwaystakenthegreatestinterestinEdmund,andhasalwaysexpressedthestrongestdesiretoadvancehisprospects.Edmund’spublicposition,Ithinkyouknow.HisprivatepositionrestssolelywithMrMerdle.Inmyfoolishincapacityforbusiness,IassureyouIknownomore.’

           MrDorritagainexpressed,inhisownway,thesentimentthatbusinesswasbelowthekenofenslaversandenchantresses.

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