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'Thank you verylady, 'no, I

think not On the whole I prefer my own expression' This was always

Miss Fanny's way of receiving a suggestion from Mrs General But she

always stored it up in her mind, and adopted it at another ti met Mr and Mrs Gowan, Fanny,' said

Little Dorrit, 'even if Uncle had not I have scarcely seen you since,

you know I meant to have spoken of it at breakfast; because I should

like to pay a visit to Mrs Gowan, and to become better acquainted with

her, if Papa and Mrs General do not object'

'Well, Alad to find you at last

expressing a wish to becoh whether Mr and Mrs Gowan are desirable acquaintances, remains to

be determined' 'Mrs Gowan I spoke of, dear'

'No doubt,' said Fanny 'But you can't separate her from her husband, I

believe, without an Act of Parliament' 'Do you think, Papa,' inquired Little Dorrit, with diffidence and

hesitation, 'there is any objection tothis visit?'

'Really,' he replied, 'I--ha--what is Mrs General's view?'

Mrs General's vieas, that not having the honour of any acquaintance

with the lady and gentleman referred to, she was not in a position