Chapter 2. Mrs General

           

           ItisindispensabletopresenttheaccomplishedladywhowasofsufficientimportanceinthesuiteoftheDorritFamilytohavealinetoherselfintheTravellers’Book.

           MrsGeneralwasthedaughterofaclericaldignitaryinacathedraltown,whereshehadledthefashionuntilshewasasnearforty-fiveasasingleladycanbe.Astiffcommissariatofficerofsixty,famousasamartinet,hadthenbecomeenamouredofthegravitywithwhichshedrovetheproprietiesfour-in-handthroughthecathedraltownsociety,andhadsolicitedtobetakenbesideherontheboxofthecoolcoachofceremonytowhichthatteamwasharnessed.Hisproposalofmarriagebeingacceptedbythelady,thecommissarytookhisseatbehindtheproprietieswithgreatdecorum,andMrsGeneraldroveuntilthecommissarydied.Inthecourseoftheirunitedjourney,theyranoverseveralpeoplewhocameinthewayoftheproprieties;butalwaysinahighstyleandwithcomposure.

           Thecommissaryhavingbeenburiedwithallthedecorationssuitabletotheservice(thewholeteamofproprietieswereharnessedtohishearse,andtheyallhadfeathersandblackvelvethousingswithhiscoatofarmsinthecorner),MrsGeneralbegantoinquirewhatquantityofdustandasheswasdepositedatthebankers’.ItthentranspiredthatthecommissaryhadsofarstolenamarchonMrsGeneralastohaveboughthimselfanannuitysomeyearsbeforehismarriage,andtohavereservedthatcircumstanceinmentioning,attheperiodofhisproposal,thathisincomewasderivedfromtheinterestofhismoney.

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