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

           AndifPashouldtellyouwhenhecomesback,thathehasitincontemplationtomakeMrsGeneralyourmama(whichisnotthelesslikelybecauseIamgoingaway),myadvicetoyouis,thatyousayatonce,“Papa,Ibegtoobjectmoststrongly.Fannycautionedmeaboutthis,andsheobjected,andIobject.”Idon’tmeantosaythatanyobjectionfromyou,Amy,islikelytobeofthesmallesteffect,orthatIthinkyoulikelytomakeitwithanydegreeoffirmness.Butthereisaprincipleinvolved—afilialprinciple—andIimploreyounottosubmittobemother-in-lawedbyMrsGeneral,withoutassertingitinmakingeveryoneaboutyouasuncomfortableaspossible.Idon’texpectyoutostandbyit—indeed,Iknowyouwon’t,Pabeingconcerned—butIwishtorouseyoutoasenseofduty.Astoanyhelpfromme,orastoanyoppositionthatIcanoffertosuchamatch,youshallnotbeleftinthelurch,mylove.WhateverweightImayderivefrommypositionasamarriedgirlnotwhollydevoidofattractions—used,asthatpositionalwaysshallbe,toopposethatwoman—Iwillbringtobear,youMaydependuponit,ontheheadandfalsehair(forIamconfidentit’snotallreal,uglyasitisandunlikelyasitappearsthatanyOneintheirSenseswouldgototheexpenseofbuyingit)ofMrsGeneral!’

           LittleDorritreceivedthiscounselwithoutventuringtoopposeitbutwithoutgivingFannyanyreasontobelievethatsheintendedtoactuponit.

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