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Chapter 2. Mrs General

           Atlengthacounty-widower,withadaughteroffourteen,openednegotiationswiththelady;andasitwasaparteitherofthenativedignityoroftheartificialpolicyofMrsGeneral(butcertainlyoneortheother)tocomportherselfasifsheweremuchmoresoughtthanseeking,thewidowerpursuedMrsGeneraluntilheprevaileduponhertoformhisdaughter’smindandmanners.

           TheexecutionofthistrustoccupiedMrsGeneralaboutsevenyears,inthecourseofwhichtimeshemadethetourofEurope,andsawmostofthatextensivemiscellanyofobjectswhichitisessentialthatallpersonsofpolitecultivationshouldseewithotherpeople’seyes,andneverwiththeirown.Whenherchargewasatlengthformed,themarriage,notonlyoftheyounglady,butlikewiseofherfather,thewidower,wasresolvedon.ThewidowerthenfindingMrsGeneralbothinconvenientandexpensive,becameofasuddenalmostasmuchaffectedbyhermeritsasthearchdeaconhadbeen,andcirculatedsuchpraisesofhersurpassingworth,inallquarterswherehethoughtanopportunitymightariseoftransferringtheblessingtosomebodyelse,thatMrsGeneralwasanamemorehonourablethanever.

           Thephoenixwastolet,onthiselevatedperch,whenMrDorrit,whohadlatelysucceededtohisproperty,mentionedtohisbankersthathewishedtodiscoveralady,well-bred,accomplished,wellconnected,wellaccustomedtogoodsociety,whowasqualifiedatoncetocompletetheeducationofhisdaughters,andtobetheirmatronorchaperon.MrDorrit’sbankers,asbankersofthecounty-widower,instantlysaid,‘MrsGeneral.

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