Sammanfattning av Little Dorrit, Book 2: Riches, Chapter 5

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1. Mr Dorrit consults Mrs General, who criticizes Amy's manners and recommends that he speak to her himself.
2. Amy asks for time to adjust, but Mrs General urges polished appearances and avoidance of anything unpleasant.
3. Alone with Amy, Mr Dorrit demands freedom from reminders of prison, then breaks down and accepts her comfort.
4. At breakfast, Edward's account of the Gowans' Merdle connections wins approval for Amy's proposed visit to Mrs Gowan.
5. After Amy leaves, Frederick denounces the family's treatment of her and rebukes Fanny for forgetting her sister's care.
6. Mr Dorrit and Fanny attribute Frederick's protest to his condition, agree to conceal it, and leave Amy unaware.

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Frederick names the faults beneath the family's demands for refinement. His protest openly defends Amy's care against their concern for rank.

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