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Chapter 23

           Hisinfluencewasirresistible,andgraduallydominatedthewholeassemblage—herousedthedull,inspiredthewitty,encouragedthetimid,andbroughtalltheconflictingelementsofrivalposition,characterandopinionintooneuniformwhole,whichwasunconsciouslyledbyhiswillaseasilyasamultitudeisledbyaconvincingorator.Ididnotknowitthen,butIknownow,thatmetaphoricallyspeaking,hehadhisfootontheneckofthat‘society’mob,asthoughitwereoneprostrateman;—thatthesycophants,liarsandhypocriteswhoseutmostideaofgoodiswealthandluxuriousliving,benttohissecretpowerasreedsbendtothewind—andthathedidwiththemallwhatsoeverhechose—ashedoestothisveryday!God!—ifthegrinning,guzzlingsensualfoolshadonlyknownwhathorrorswereaboutthematthefeast!—whatghastlyministerstopleasurableappetitewaitedobedientlyuponthem!—whatpallidterrorslurkedbehindthegorgeousshowofvanityandpride!Buttheveilwasmercifullydown—andonlytomehasitsincebeenlifted!

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

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