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Chapter 6

           Thenyournameinsocietymaybeconsideredasmade,andyoucanmarrywhateverfairladyhappenstobeinthemarket!"

           "Thanks!—muchobliged!"andIgavewaytoheartylaughter—"UponmywordLucio,yourprogrammeisperfect!Itlacksnothing!"

           "Itistheorthodoxroundofsocialsuccess,"saidLuciowithadmirablegravity—"Intellectandoriginalityhavenothingwhatevertodowithit—onlymoneyisneededtoperformitall."

           "Youforgetmybook"—Iinterposed—"Iknowthereissomeintellectinthat,andsomeoriginalitytoo.Surelythatwillgivemeanextraliftuptheheightsoffashionablelightandleading."

           "Idoubtit!"heanswered—"Iverymuchdoubtit.Itwillbereceivedwithacertainamountoffavourofcourse,asaproductionofarichmanamusinghimselfwithliteratureasasortofwhim.But,asItoldyoubefore,geniusseldomdevelopsitselfundertheinfluenceofwealth.Thenagain‘swagger’folkscannevergetitoutoftheirfuddledheadsthatLiteraturebelongstoGrubStreet.Greatpoets,greatphilosophers,greatromancistsarealwaysvaguelyalludedtoby‘swagger’societyas‘thosesortofpeople.’Thosesortofpeopleareso‘interesting’saytheblue-bloodednoodlesdeprecatingly,excusingthemselvesasitwereforknowinganymembersoftheclassliterary.

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