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

           

           Afteryieldingherselfup,inthispatternmanner,tosisterlyadviceandtheforceofcircumstances,Fannybecamequitebenignant:asonewhohadlaidherowninclinationsatthefeetofherdearestfriend,andfeltaglowofconscienceinhavingmadethesacrifice.‘Afterall,myAmy,’shesaidtohersister,‘youarethebestofsmallcreatures,andfullofgoodsense;andIdon’tknowwhatIshalleverdowithoutyou!’

           Withwhichwordsshefoldedherinacloserembrace,andareallyfondone.

           ‘NotthatIcontemplatedoingwithoutYou,Amy,byanymeans,forIhopeweshalleverbenexttoinseparable.Andnow,mypet,Iamgoingtogiveyouawordofadvice.WhenyouareleftaloneherewithMrsGeneral—’

           ‘IamtobeleftaloneherewithMrsGeneral?’saidLittleDorrit,quietly.

           ‘Why,ofcourse,myprecious,tillpapacomesback!UnlessyoucallEdwardcompany,whichhecertainlyisnot,evenwhenheishere,andstillmorecertainlyisnotwhenheisawayatNaplesorinSicily.Iwasgoingtosay—butyouaresuchabelovedlittleMarplotforputtingoneout—whenyouareleftaloneherewithMrsGeneral,Amy,don’tyouletherslideintoanysortofartfulunderstandingwithyouthatsheislookingafterPa,orthatPaislookingafterher.Shewillifshecan.Iknowherslymanneroffeelingherwaywiththoseglovesofhers.Butdon’tyoucomprehendheronanyaccount.

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