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True, the Hampton Court Bohemians, without exception, turned up their noses at Merdle as an upstart; but they turned them down again, by falling flat on their faces to worship his wealth. In which compensating adjustment of their noses, they were pretty much like Treasury, Bar, and Bishop, and all the rest of them.
There was then a long silence; during which, Mrs Sparkler, lying back on her sofa again, shut her eyes and raised her eyebrows in her former retirement from mundane affairs. 'But, however, said Mr Merdle, 'I am equally detaining you and myself. I thought I'd give you a call, you know. 'Charmed, I am sure, said Fanny. 'So I am off, added Mr Merdle, getting up. 'Could you lend me a penknife?
'I say, answered Mrs Merdle composedly, 'that you ought to make yourself fit for it by being more degage, and less preoccupied. There is a positive vulgarity in carrying your business affairs about with you as you do. 'How do I carry them about, Mrs Merdle? asked Mr Merdle. 'How do you carry them about? said Mrs Merdle. 'Look at yourself in the glass.
To Mr Sparkler, when Miss Fanny permitted him to appear, Mr Dorrit said, he would not disguise that the alliance Mr Sparkler did him the honour to propose was highly congenial to his feelings; both as being in unison with the spontaneous affections of his daughter Fanny, and as opening a family connection of a gratifying nature with Mr Merdle, the master spirit of the age.
So modest was Mr Merdle withal, in the midst of these splendid achievements, that he looked far more like a man in possession of his house under a distraint, than a commercial Colossus bestriding his own hearthrug, while the little ships were sailing into dinner. Behold the vessels coming into port! The engaging young Barnacle was the first arrival; but Bar overtook him on the staircase.
'But, resumed Mrs Merdle, 'we must take it as we find it. It is the common lot. Mr Merdle is a most extensive merchant, his transactions are on the vastest scale, his wealth and influence are very great, but even he Bird, be quiet! The parrot had shrieked another shriek; and it filled up the sentence so expressively that Mrs Merdle was under no necessity to end it.
This eminent gentleman and Mr Merdle, seated diverse ways and with ruminating aspects on a yellow ottoman in the light of the fire, holding no verbal communication with each other, bore a strong general resemblance to the two cows in the Cuyp picture over against them. But now, Lord Decimus arrived.
The famous name of Merdle became, every day, more famous in the land.
'No, he answered; 'I shall go by the shortest way, and leave Mrs Merdle to here he looked all over the palms of both his hands as if he were telling his own fortune 'to take care of herself. I dare say she'll manage to do it. 'Probably, said Fanny.
'Sounds mercenary to ask what the gentleman is to get with the lady, said Mrs Merdle; 'but Society is perhaps a little mercenary, you know, my dear. 'From what I can make out, said Mrs Gowan, 'I believe I may say that Henry will be relieved from debt 'Much in debt? asked Mrs Merdle through her eyeglass. 'Why tolerably, I should think, said Mrs Gowan.
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