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

           Papahavingalwaysintendedtogototownhimself,inthespring,—yousee,ifEdmundandIweremarriedhere,wemightgoofftoFlorence,wherepapamightjoinus,andwemightallthreetravelhometogether.MrMerdlehasentreatedPatostaywithhiminthatsamemansionIhavementioned,andIsupposehewill.Butheismasterofhisownactions;anduponthatpoint(whichisnotatallmaterial)Ican’tspeakpositively.’

           Thedifferencebetweenpapa’sbeingmasterofhisownactionsandMrSparkler’sbeingnothingofthesort,wasforciblyexpressedbyFannyinhermannerofstatingthecase.Notthathersisternoticedit;forshewasdividedbetweenregretatthecomingseparation,andalingeringwishthatshehadbeenincludedintheplansforvisitingEngland.

           ‘Andthesearethearrangements,Fannydear?’

           ‘Arrangements!’repeatedFanny.‘Now,really,child,youarealittletrying.YouknowIparticularlyguardedmyselfagainstlayingmywordsopentoanysuchconstruction.WhatIsaidwas,thatcertainquestionspresentthemselves;andthesearethequestions.’

           LittleDorrit’sthoughtfuleyesmethers,tenderlyandquietly.

           ‘Now,myownsweetgirl,’saidFanny,weighingherbonnetbythestringswithconsiderableimpatience,‘it’snousestaring.Alittleowlcouldstare.Ilooktoyouforadvice,Amy.

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