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Now
,
Mrs
Merdle
,
who
really
knew
her
friend
Society
pretty
well
,
and
who
knew
what
Society
’
s
mothers
were
,
and
what
Society
’
s
daughters
were
,
and
what
Society
’
s
matrimonial
market
was
,
and
how
prices
ruled
in
it
,
and
what
scheming
and
counter
-
scheming
took
place
for
the
high
buyers
,
and
what
bargaining
and
huckstering
went
on
,
thought
in
the
depths
of
her
capacious
bosom
that
this
was
a
sufficiently
good
catch
.
Knowing
,
however
,
what
was
expected
of
her
,
and
perceiving
the
exact
nature
of
the
fiction
to
be
nursed
,
she
took
it
delicately
in
her
arms
,
and
put
her
required
contribution
of
gloss
upon
it
.
‘
And
that
is
all
,
my
dear
?
’
said
she
,
heaving
a
friendly
sigh
.
‘
Well
,
well
!
The
fault
is
not
yours
.
You
have
nothing
to
reproach
yourself
with
.
You
must
exercise
the
strength
of
mind
for
which
you
are
renowned
,
and
make
the
best
of
it
.
’
‘
The
girl
’
s
family
have
made
,
’
said
Mrs
Gowan
,
‘
of
course
,
the
most
strenuous
endeavours
to
—
as
the
lawyers
say
—
to
have
and
to
hold
Henry
.
’
‘
Of
course
they
have
,
my
dear
,
’
said
Mrs
Merdle
.
‘
I
have
persisted
in
every
possible
objection
,
and
have
worried
myself
morning
,
noon
,
and
night
,
for
means
to
detach
Henry
from
the
connection
.
’
‘
No
doubt
you
have
,
my
dear
,
’
said
Mrs
Merdle
.
‘
And
all
of
no
use
.
All
has
broken
down
beneath
me
.
Now
tell
me
,
my
love
.
Am
I
justified
in
at
last
yielding
my
most
reluctant
consent
to
Henry
’
s
marrying
among
people
not
in
Society
;
or
,
have
I
acted
with
inexcusable
weakness
?
’
In
answer
to
this
direct
appeal
,
Mrs
Merdle
assured
Mrs
Gowan
(
speaking
as
a
Priestess
of
Society
)
that
she
was
highly
to
be
commended
,
that
she
was
much
to
be
sympathised
with
,
that
she
had
taken
the
highest
of
parts
,
and
had
come
out
of
the
furnace
refined
.
And
Mrs
Gowan
,
who
of
course
saw
through
her
own
threadbare
blind
perfectly
,
and
who
knew
that
Mrs
Merdle
saw
through
it
perfectly
,
and
who
knew
that
Society
would
see
through
it
perfectly
,
came
out
of
this
form
,
notwithstanding
,
as
she
had
gone
into
it
,
with
immense
complacency
and
gravity
.
The
conference
was
held
at
four
or
five
o
’
clock
in
the
afternoon
,
when
all
the
region
of
Harley
Street
,
Cavendish
Square
,
was
resonant
of
carriage
-
wheels
and
double
-
knocks
.
It
had
reached
this
point
when
Mr
Merdle
came
home
from
his
daily
occupation
of
causing
the
British
name
to
be
more
and
more
respected
in
all
parts
of
the
civilised
globe
capable
of
the
appreciation
of
world
-
wide
commercial
enterprise
and
gigantic
combinations
of
skill
and
capital
.
For
,
though
nobody
knew
with
the
least
precision
what
Mr
Merdle
’
s
business
was
,
except
that
it
was
to
coin
money
,
these
were
the
terms
in
which
everybody
defined
it
on
all
ceremonious
occasions
,
and
which
it
was
the
last
new
polite
reading
of
the
parable
of
the
camel
and
the
needle
’
s
eye
to
accept
without
inquiry
.
