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Chapter 15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons

           

           Thiscasualrepetitionoftheword‘personally,’movedMrDorrittoexpresshishopethatMrMerdle’sapproval,too,wouldnotbewanting?

           ‘Icannot,’saidMrsMerdle,‘takeuponmyselftoanswerpositivelyforMrMerdle;gentlemen,especiallygentlemenwhoarewhatSocietycallscapitalists,havingtheirownideasofthesematters.ButIshouldthink—merelygivinganopinion,MrDorrit—IshouldthinkMrMerdlewouldbeuponthewhole,’heresheheldareviewofherselfbeforeaddingatherleisure,‘quitecharmed.’

           AtthementionofgentlemenwhomSocietycalledcapitalists,MrDorrithadcoughed,asifsomeinternaldemurwerebreakingoutofhim.MrsMerdlehadobservedit,andwentontotakeupthecue.

           ‘Though,indeed,MrDorrit,itisscarcelynecessaryformetomakethatremark,exceptinthemereopennessofsayingwhatisuppermosttoonewhomIsohighlyregard,andwithwhomIhopeImayhavethepleasureofbeingbroughtintostillmoreagreeablerelations.ForonecannotbutseethegreatprobabilityofyourconsideringsuchthingsfromMrMerdle’sownpointofview,exceptindeedthatcircumstanceshavemadeitMrMerdle’saccidentalfortune,ormisfortune,tobeengagedinbusinesstransactions,andthatthey,howevervast,mayalittlecramphishorizons.Iamaverychildastohavinganynotionofbusiness,’saidMrsMerdle;‘butIamafraid,MrDorrit,itmayhavethattendency.

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