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At
the
mention
of
gentlemen
whom
Society
called
capitalists
,
Mr
Dorrit
had
coughed
,
as
if
some
internal
demur
were
breaking
out
of
him
.
Mrs
Merdle
had
observed
it
,
and
went
on
to
take
up
the
cue
.
‘
Though
,
indeed
,
Mr
Dorrit
,
it
is
scarcely
necessary
for
me
to
make
that
remark
,
except
in
the
mere
openness
of
saying
what
is
uppermost
to
one
whom
I
so
highly
regard
,
and
with
whom
I
hope
I
may
have
the
pleasure
of
being
brought
into
still
more
agreeable
relations
.
For
one
cannot
but
see
the
great
probability
of
your
considering
such
things
from
Mr
Merdle
’
s
own
point
of
view
,
except
indeed
that
circumstances
have
made
it
Mr
Merdle
’
s
accidental
fortune
,
or
misfortune
,
to
be
engaged
in
business
transactions
,
and
that
they
,
however
vast
,
may
a
little
cramp
his
horizons
.
I
am
a
very
child
as
to
having
any
notion
of
business
,
’
said
Mrs
Merdle
;
‘
but
I
am
afraid
,
Mr
Dorrit
,
it
may
have
that
tendency
.
’
This
skilful
see
-
saw
of
Mr
Dorrit
and
Mrs
Merdle
,
so
that
each
of
them
sent
the
other
up
,
and
each
of
them
sent
the
other
down
,
and
neither
had
the
advantage
,
acted
as
a
sedative
on
Mr
Dorrit
’
s
cough
.
He
remarked
with
his
utmost
politeness
,
that
he
must
beg
to
protest
against
its
being
supposed
,
even
by
Mrs
Merdle
,
the
accomplished
and
graceful
(
to
which
compliment
she
bent
herself
)
,
that
such
enterprises
as
Mr
Merdle
’
s
,
apart
as
they
were
from
the
puny
undertakings
of
the
rest
of
men
,
had
any
lower
tendency
than
to
enlarge
and
expand
the
genius
in
which
they
were
conceived
.
‘
You
are
generosity
itself
,
’
said
Mrs
Merdle
in
return
,
smiling
her
best
smile
;
‘
let
us
hope
so
.
But
I
confess
I
am
almost
superstitious
in
my
ideas
about
business
.
’
Mr
Dorrit
threw
in
another
compliment
here
,
to
the
effect
that
business
,
like
the
time
which
was
precious
in
it
,
was
made
for
slaves
;
and
that
it
was
not
for
Mrs
Merdle
,
who
ruled
all
hearts
at
her
supreme
pleasure
,
to
have
anything
to
do
with
it
.
Mrs
Merdle
laughed
,
and
conveyed
to
Mr
Dorrit
an
idea
that
the
Bosom
flushed
—
which
was
one
of
her
best
effects
.
‘
I
say
so
much
,
’
she
then
explained
,
‘
merely
because
Mr
Merdle
has
always
taken
the
greatest
interest
in
Edmund
,
and
has
always
expressed
the
strongest
desire
to
advance
his
prospects
.
Edmund
’
s
public
position
,
I
think
you
know
.
His
private
position
rests
solely
with
Mr
Merdle
.
In
my
foolish
incapacity
for
business
,
I
assure
you
I
know
no
more
.
’
Mr
Dorrit
again
expressed
,
in
his
own
way
,
the
sentiment
that
business
was
below
the
ken
of
enslavers
and
enchantresses
.
He
then
mentioned
his
intention
,
as
a
gentleman
and
a
parent
,
of
writing
to
Mr
Merdle
.
Mrs
Merdle
concurred
with
all
her
heart
—
or
with
all
her
art
,
which
was
exactly
the
same
thing
—
and
herself
despatched
a
preparatory
letter
by
the
next
post
to
the
eighth
wonder
of
the
world
.
In
his
epistolary
communication
,
as
in
his
dialogues
and
discourses
on
the
great
question
to
which
it
related
,
Mr
Dorrit
surrounded
the
subject
with
flourishes
,
as
writing
-
masters
embellish
copy
-
books
and
ciphering
-
books
:
where
the
titles
of
the
elementary
rules
of
arithmetic
diverge
into
swans
,
eagles
,
griffins
,
and
other
calligraphic
recreations
,
and
where
the
capital
letters
go
out
of
their
minds
and
bodies
into
ecstasies
of
pen
and
ink
.
Nevertheless
,
he
did
render
the
purport
of
his
letter
sufficiently
clear
,
to
enable
Mr
Merdle
to
make
a
decent
pretence
of
having
learnt
it
from
that
source
.
Mr
Merdle
replied
to
it
accordingly
.
Mr
Dorrit
replied
to
Mr
Merdle
;
Mr
Merdle
replied
to
Mr
Dorrit
;
and
it
was
soon
announced
that
the
corresponding
powers
had
come
to
a
satisfactory
understanding
.
Now
,
and
not
before
,
Miss
Fanny
burst
upon
the
scene
,
completely
arrayed
for
her
new
part
.
Now
and
not
before
,
she
wholly
absorbed
Mr
Sparkler
in
her
light
,
and
shone
for
both
,
and
twenty
more
.
No
longer
feeling
that
want
of
a
defined
place
and
character
which
had
caused
her
so
much
trouble
,
this
fair
ship
began
to
steer
steadily
on
a
shaped
course
,
and
to
swim
with
a
weight
and
balance
that
developed
her
sailing
qualities
.
