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Chapter 14. Taking Advice

           Therewereothertimeswhenshegotonmuchbetterwithhim;whenheamusedher,andwhenhersenseofsuperiorityseemedtocounterbalancethatoppositesideofthescale.IfMrSparklerhadbeenotherthanthefaithfullestandmostsubmissiveofswains,hewassufficientlyhardpressedtohavefledfromthesceneofhistrials,andhavesetatleastthewholedistancefromRometoLondonbetweenhimselfandhisenchantress.Buthehadnogreaterwillofhisownthanaboathaswhenitistowedbyasteam-ship;andhefollowedhiscruelmistressthroughroughandsmooth,onequallystrongcompulsion.

           MrsMerdle,duringthesepassages,saidlittletoFanny,butsaidmoreabouther.Shewas,asitwere,forcedtolookatherthroughhereye-glass,andingeneralconversationtoallowcommendationsofherbeautytobewrungfromherbyitsirresistibledemands.ThedefiantcharacteritassumedwhenFannyheardtheseextollings(asitgenerallyhappenedthatshedid),wasnotexpressiveofconcessionstotheimpartialbosom;buttheutmostrevengethebosomtookwas,tosayaudibly,‘Aspoiltbeauty—butwiththatfaceandshape,whocouldwonder?’

           Itmighthavebeenaboutamonthorsixweeksafterthenightofthenewadvice,whenLittleDorritbegantothinkshedetectedsomenewunderstandingbetweenMrSparklerandFanny.MrSparkler,asifinattendancetosomecompact,scarcelyeverspokewithoutfirstlookingtowardsFannyforleave.Thatyoungladywastoodiscreetevertolookbackagain;but,ifMrSparklerhadpermissiontospeak,sheremainedsilent;ifhehadnot,sheherselfspoke.

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