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Chapter 24

           HowmanyIseeandknowto-dayamongtheworshippersoffashionandfrivolitywhoareactingpreciselyasIactedthen!Indifferenttothewelfareofeveryonesavethemselves,grudgingeverypennythatisnotspentontheirownadvantageoramusement,andtoocalloustoevenlistentothesorrowsordifficultiesorjoysofotherswhenthesedonotinsomeway,nearorremote,touchtheirowninterests,theywastetheirtimedayafterdayinselfishtrifling,wilfullyblindandunconscioustothefactthattheyarebuildinguptheirownfateinthefuture—thatfuturewhichwillproveallthemoreaterribleRealityinproportiontotheextentofourpresumptionindaringtodoubtitstruth.

           Morethanfourhundredguestssatdowntosupperinthelargestpavilion—asupperservedinthemostcostlymannerandfurnishedwithluxuriesthatrepresentedtheutmostpitchofextravagance.Iateanddrank,withSybilatmyside,hardlyknowingwhatIsaidordidinthewhirlingexcitementofthehour—theopeningofchampagne-bottles,theclinkofglasses,theclatterofplates,theloudhumoftalkinterspersedwithmonkey-likesquealsorgoat-likewhinniesoflaughter,over-riddenatintervalsbytheblareoftrumpet-musicanddrums—allthesesoundswereassomuchnoiseofrushingwatersinmyears—andIoftenfoundmyselfgrowingabstractedandinamannerconfusedbythedin.IdidnotsaymuchtoSibyl—onecannotverywellwhispersentimentalnothingsintheearofone’sbetrothedwhensheiseatingortolansandtruffles.

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