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A Little Cold Water

           Copperfield,Iwillbeplainwithyou.Mentalsufferingandtrialsupply,insomenatures,theplaceofyears,andIwillbeasplainwithyouasifIwereaLadyAbbess.No.ThesuggestionisnotappropriatetoourDora.OurdearestDoraisafavouritechildofnature.Sheisathingoflight,andairiness,andjoy.Iamfreetoconfessthatifitcouldbedone,itmightbewell,butAndMissMillsshookherhead.

           IwasencouragedbythisclosingadmissiononthepartofMissMillstoaskher,whether,forDora’ssake,ifshehadanyopportunityofluringherattentiontosuchpreparationsforanearnestlife,shewouldavailherselfofit?MissMillsrepliedintheaffirmativesoreadily,thatIfurtheraskedherifshewouldtakechargeoftheCookeryBook;and,ifsheevercouldinsinuateituponDora’sacceptance,withoutfrighteningher,undertaketodomethatcrowningservice.MissMillsacceptedthistrust,too;butwasnotsanguine.

           AndDorareturned,lookingsuchalovelylittlecreature,thatIreallydoubtedwhethersheoughttobetroubledwithanythingsoordinary.Andshelovedmesomuch,andwassocaptivating(particularlywhenshemadeJipstandonhishindlegsfortoast,andwhenshepretendedtoholdthatnoseofhisagainstthehotteapotforpunishmentbecausehewouldn’t),thatIfeltlikeasortofMonsterwhohadgotintoaFairy’sbower,whenIthoughtofhavingfrightenedher,andmadehercry.

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