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Chapter 11
Itgrievedhimplaguily,hesaid,toseethenuptialcouchdefraudedofitsdearestpledges:andtoreflectuponsomanyagreeablefemaleswithrichjointures,apreytothevilestbonzes,whohidetheirflambeauunderabushelinanuncongenialcloisterorlosetheirwomanlybloomintheembracesofsomeunaccountablemuskinwhentheymightmultiplytheinletsofhappiness,sacrificingtheinestimablejeweloftheirsexwhenahundredprettyfellowswereathandtocaress,this,heassuredthem,madehisheartweep.Tocurbthisinconvenient(whichheconcludedduetoasuppressionoflatentheat),havingadvisedwithcertaincounsellorsofworthandinspectedintothismatter,hehadresolvedtopurchaseinfeesimpleforeverthefreeholdofLambayislandfromitsholder,lordTalbotdeMalahide,aTorygentlemanofnotemuchinfavourwithourascendancyparty.HeproposedtosetupthereanationalfertilisingfarmtobenamedOmphaloswithanobeliskhewnanderectedafterthefashionofEgyptandtoofferhisdutifulyeomanservicesforthefecundationofanyfemaleofwhatgradeoflifesoeverwhoshouldtheredirecttohimwiththedesireoffulfillingthefunctionsofhernatural.Moneywasnoobject,hesaid,norwouldhetakeapennyforhispains.Thepoorestkitchenwenchnolessthantheopulentladyoffashion,ifsobetheirconstructionsandtheirtemperswerewarmpersuadersfortheirpetitions,wouldfindinhimtheirman.
