Chapter 18. A Castle in the Air

           

           Manifoldarethecaresofwealthandstate.MrDorrit’ssatisfactioninrememberingthatithadnotbeennecessaryforhimtoannouncehimselftoClennamandCo.,ortomakeanallusiontohishavinghadanyknowledgeoftheintrusivepersonofthatname,hadbeendampedover-night,whileitwasstillfresh,byadebatethatarosewithinhimwhetherornoheshouldtaketheMarshalseainhiswayback,andlookattheoldgate.Hehaddecidednottodoso;andhadastonishedthecoachmanbybeingveryfiercewithhimforproposingtogooverLondonBridgeandrecrosstheriverbyWaterlooBridge—acoursewhichwouldhavetakenhimalmostwithinsightofhisoldquarters.Still,forallthat,thequestionhadraisedaconflictinhisbreast;and,forsomeoddreasonornoreason,hewasvaguelydissatisfied.EvenattheMerdledinner-tablenextday,hewassooutofsortsaboutitthathecontinuedatintervalstoturnitoverandover,inamannerfrightfullyinconsistentwiththegoodsocietysurroundinghim.ItmadehimhottothinkwhattheChiefButler’sopinionofhimwouldhavebeen,ifthatillustriouspersonagecouldhaveplumbedwiththatheavyeyeofhisthestreamofhismeditations.

           Thefarewellbanquetwasofagorgeousnature,andwounduphisvisitinamostbrilliantmanner.Fannycombinedwiththeattractionsofheryouthandbeauty,acertainweightofself-sustainmentasifshehadbeenmarriedtwentyyears.

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