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Chapter 23

           Hisinfluencewasirresistible,andgraduallydominatedthewholeassemblageherousedthedull,inspiredthewitty,encouragedthetimid,andbroughtalltheconflictingelementsofrivalposition,characterandopinionintooneuniformwhole,whichwasunconsciouslyledbyhiswillaseasilyasamultitudeisledbyaconvincingorator.Ididnotknowitthen,butIknownow,thatmetaphoricallyspeaking,hehadhisfootontheneckofthat‘society’mob,asthoughitwereoneprostrateman;thatthesycophants,liarsandhypocriteswhoseutmostideaofgoodiswealthandluxuriousliving,benttohissecretpowerasreedsbendtothewindandthathedidwiththemallwhatsoeverhechoseashedoestothisveryday!God!ifthegrinning,guzzlingsensualfoolshadonlyknownwhathorrorswereaboutthematthefeast!whatghastlyministerstopleasurableappetitewaitedobedientlyuponthem!whatpallidterrorslurkedbehindthegorgeousshowofvanityandpride!Buttheveilwasmercifullydownandonlytomehasitsincebeenlifted!

           Luncheonover,thesingingofmirthfulvoices,tunedtoakindofvillageroundelay,attractedthecompany,nowfedtorepletion,towardsthelawnatthebackofthehouse,andcriesofdelightwereraisedastheMaypolecameintoview,Imyselfjoiningintheuniversalapplause,forIhadnotexpectedtoseeanythinghalfsopicturesqueandpretty.

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