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

           

           Thewinterpassingontowardsthespringwhilethisconditionofaffairsprevailed,itbecamenecessaryforMrSparklertorepairtoEngland,andtakehisappointedpartintheexpressionanddirectionofitsgenius,learning,commerce,spirit,andsense.ThelandofShakespeare,Milton,Bacon,Newton,Watt,thelandofahostofpastandpresentabstractphilosophers,naturalphilosophers,andsubduersofNatureandArtintheirmyriadforms,calledtoMrSparklertocomeandtakecareofit,lestitshouldperish.MrSparkler,unabletoresisttheagonisedcryfromthedepthsofhiscountry’ssoul,declaredthathemustgo.

           Itfollowedthatthequestionwasrenderedpressingwhen,where,andhowMrSparklershouldbemarriedtotheforemostgirlinallthisworldwithnononsenseabouther.Itssolution,aftersomelittlemysteryandsecrecy,MissFannyherselfannouncedtohersister.

           ‘Now,mychild,’saidshe,seekingheroutoneday,‘Iamgoingtotellyousomething.Itisonlythismomentbroached;andnaturallyIhurrytoyouthemomentitisbroached.’

           ‘Yourmarriage,Fanny?’

           ‘Mypreciouschild,’saidFanny,‘don’tanticipateme.Letmeimpartmyconfidencetoyou,youflurriedlittlething,inmyownway.Astoyourguess,ifIanswereditliterally,Ishouldanswerno.Forreallyitisnotmymarriagethatisinquestion,halfasmuchasitisEdmund’s.’

           LittleDorritlooked,andperhapsnotaltogetherwithoutcause,somewhatatalosstounderstandthisfinedistinction.

           ‘Iaminnodifficulty,’exclaimedFanny,‘andinnohurry.

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