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Dora’s Aunts

           Verymuch!’

           ‘Didsheobjecttoit?’

           ‘SHEdidn’t,’rejoinedTraddles;‘buthereldestsistertheonethat’stheBeautyquitemadegameofit,Iunderstand.Infact,allthesisterslaughatit.’

           ‘Agreeable!’saidI.

           ‘Yes,’returnedTraddleswithperfectinnocence,‘it’sajokeforus.TheypretendthatSophyhasalockofitinherdesk,andisobligedtoshutitinaclaspedbook,tokeepitdown.Welaughaboutit.’

           ‘Bytheby,mydearTraddles,’saidI,‘yourexperiencemaysuggestsomethingtome.Whenyoubecameengagedtotheyoungladywhomyouhavejustmentioned,didyoumakearegularproposaltoherfamily?Wasthereanythinglikewhatwearegoingthroughtoday,forinstance?’Iadded,nervously.

           ‘Why,’repliedTraddles,onwhoseattentivefaceathoughtfulshadehadstolen,‘itwasratherapainfultransaction,Copperfield,inmycase.Yousee,Sophybeingofsomuchuseinthefamily,noneofthemcouldendurethethoughtofhereverbeingmarried.Indeed,theyhadquitesettledamongthemselvesthatsheneverwastobemarried,andtheycalledhertheoldmaid.Accordingly,whenImentionedit,withthegreatestprecaution,toMrs.Crewler

           ‘Themama?’saidI.

           ‘Themama,’saidTraddles‘ReverendHoraceCrewlerwhenImentioneditwitheverypossibleprecautiontoMrs.

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