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Chapter 14. Taking Advice

           Therewasnothingtodo,andhewoulddoitcharmingly;therewasahandsomesalarytodraw,andhewoulddrawitcharmingly;itwasadelightful,appropriate,capitalappointment;andhealmostforgavethedonorhisslightofhimself,inhisjoythatthedeardonkeyforwhomhehadsogreatanaffectionwassoadmirablystabled.Nordidhisbenevolencestophere.Hetookpains,onallsocialoccasions,todrawMrSparklerout,andmakehimconspicuousbeforethecompany;and,althoughtheconsiderateactionalwaysresultedinthatyounggentleman’smakingadrearyandforlornmentalspectacleofhimself,thefriendlyintentionwasnottobedoubted.

           Unless,indeed,itchancedtobedoubtedbytheobjectofMrSparkler’saffections.MissFannywasnowinthedifficultsituationofbeinguniversallyknowninthatlight,andofnothavingdismissedMrSparkler,howevercapriciouslysheusedhim.Hence,shewassufficientlyidentifiedwiththegentlemantofeelcompromisedbyhisbeingmorethanusuallyridiculous;andhence,beingbynomeansdeficientinquickness,shesometimescametohisrescueagainstGowan,anddidhimverygoodservice.But,whiledoingthis,shewasashamedofhim,undeterminedwhethertogetridofhimormoredecidedlyencouragehim,distractedwithapprehensionsthatshewaseverydaybecomingmoreandmoreimmeshedinheruncertainties,andtorturedbymisgivingsthatMrsMerdletriumphedinherdistress.

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