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

           

           ‘Thepreliminariesbeingsosatisfactorilyarranged,IthinkIwillnow,mydear,’saidMrDorrit,‘announce—ha—formally,toMrsGeneral—’

           ‘Papa,’returnedFanny,takinghimupshortuponthatname,‘Idon’tseewhatMrsGeneralhasgottodowithit.’

           ‘Mydear,’saidMrDorrit,‘itwillbeanactofcourtesyto—hum—alady,wellbredandrefined—’

           ‘Oh!IamsickofMrsGeneral’sgoodbreedingandrefinement,papa,’saidFanny.‘IamtiredofMrsGeneral.’

           ‘Tired,’repeatedMrDorritinreproachfulastonishment,‘of—ha—MrsGeneral.’

           ‘Quitedisgustedwithher,papa,’saidFanny.‘Ireallydon’tseewhatshehastodowithmymarriage.Letherkeeptoherownmatrimonialprojects—ifshehasany.’

           ‘Fanny,’returnedMrDorrit,withagraveandweightyslownessuponhim,contrastingstronglywithhisdaughter’slevity:‘Ibegthefavourofyourexplaining—ha—whatitisyoumean.’

           ‘Imean,papa,’saidFanny,‘thatifMrsGeneralshouldhappentohaveanymatrimonialprojectsofherown,Idaresaytheyarequiteenoughtooccupyhersparetime.Andthatifshehasnot,somuchthebetter;butstillIdon’twishtohavethehonourofmakingannouncementstoher.’

           ‘Permitmetoaskyou,Fanny,’saidMrDorrit,‘whynot?’

           ‘Becauseshecanfindmyengagementoutforherself,papa,’retortedFanny.‘Sheiswatchfulenough,Idaresay.IthinkIhaveseenherso.Letherfinditoutforherself.Ifsheshouldnotfinditoutforherself,shewillknowitwhenIammarried.

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