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____________ decides to move to ____________ with his ____________.

Dora’s ________ invite David to pay them a visit with a friend. He goes with _________.

On their way, David receives confirmation of his opinion that Traddles’s fiancée is ____________ by her whole family. This makes for one more obstacle to the marriage, because ____________’s family are reluctant to part with her, who is so useful to them.

The old ladies hesitate about / agree to / disagree to David paying them regular visits in order to decide if they approve of his engagement to Dora.

David is surprised that ____________ gets along well with the sisters.

David tries to get _________ to learn about housekeeping, successfully / unsuccessfully. He realizes she is kept in a childish / inferior / superior position by everybody around her.

New characters:

____________ and ____________: Mr Spenlow’s __________ and Dora’s ____________

____________ is older than ____________.

Marital status: ____________.

____________ imagines herself to be an expert in love.

They are often compared to ____________.

Chapter XLII

David remembers that he learnt how to be determined / humble / proud / hard-working / patient (3 adjectives) at that period in his life, when he was engaged to Dora and he had to learn how to support her and himself if he wanted to marry her.

Mr Wickfield and Agnes visit the ____________s. Uriah hints to David that he is aware of ____________’s real position in the Wickfield household.

David takes ____________ to meet ____________. The two girls get along well. Dora is a bit amazed that David loves her rather than ____________.

When David takes Agnes home, she assures him that she will never _________________.

David sees a light on in Dr Strong’s study and goes in to say goodnight. ____________ is there with Dr Strong and ____________. ____________ is crying. Uriah has just told Dr Strong that everybody suspects ____________ of cheating on him with ____________. Uriah forces ____________ and ____________ to admit that they have suspected this to be the case.

Dr Strong blames ____________ for marrying so young and beautiful a woman, who must be unhappy with an old man. Mr Wickfield takes him to bed.

David then insults Uriah and ____________ him across the face. Uriah calmly tells David that he ____________ him for his outburst. This remark prompts David to feel, for the first time, morally inferior to Uriah.

David receives a letter from ____________, who writes that her husband has become a different man, sullen and greedy, a stranger to his children and short with her.

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