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Chapter 28

           Profitingbytheexamplespresentedtomeeverywhereinsociety,Itookcareofmydigestion,andwasparticularaboutthewayinwhichmymealswerecookedandservedparticulartoo,astothefashioninwhichmywifedressedforthosemealsforitsuitedmysupremehumourtoseeherbeautybedeckedassuitablyandrichlyaspossible,thatImighthavethesatisfactionofconsideringher‘points’withthesameepicureanfastidiousnessasIconsideredadishoftrufflesorspeciallypreparedgame.Ineverthoughtofthesternandabsolutelaw"Untowhommuchisgiven,evenfromhimshouldmuchberequired;"IwasscarcelyawareofitinfacttheNewTestamentwasofallbooksintheworldthemostunfamiliartome.AndwhileIwilfullydeafenedmyselftothevoiceofconsciencethatvoicewhicheverandanonurgedmeinvaintoanoblerexistencethecloudsweregathering,readytoburstabovemewiththatterrificsuddennesssuchasalwaysseemstouswhorefusetostudythecausesofourcalamities,asastonishingandstartlingasdeathitself.Forwearealwaysmoreorlessstartledatdeathnotwithstandingthatitisthecommonestoccurrenceknown.

           TowardsthemiddleofSeptembermy‘royalanddistinguished’house-partyarrivedandstayedatWillowsmereCourtforaweek.OfcourseitisunderstoodthatwheneverthePrinceofWaleshonoursanyprivateresidencewithavisit,heselects,ifnotall,atanyratethegreaterpartofthosepersonswhoaretobeinvitedtomeethim.

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