Chapter 22. Who passes by this Road so late?

           

           ArthurClennamhadmadehisunavailingexpeditiontoCalaisinthemidstofagreatpressureofbusiness.AcertainbarbaricPowerwithvaluablepossessionsonthemapoftheworld,hadoccasionfortheservicesofoneortwoengineers,quickininventionanddeterminedinexecution:practicalmen,whocouldmakethemenandmeanstheiringenuityperceivedtobewantedoutofthebestmaterialstheycouldfindathand;andwhowereasboldandfertileintheadaptationofsuchmaterialstotheirpurpose,asintheconceptionoftheirpurposeitself.ThisPower,beingabarbaricone,hadnoideaofstowingawayagreatnationalobjectinaCircumlocutionOffice,asstrongwineishiddenfromthelightinacellaruntilitsfireandyoutharegone,andthelabourerswhoworkedinthevineyardandpressedthegrapesaredust.Withcharacteristicignorance,itactedonthemostdecidedandenergeticnotionsofHowtodoit;andnevershowedtheleastrespectfor,orgaveanyquarterto,thegreatpoliticalscience,Hownottodoit.Indeedithadabarbarouswayofstrikingthelatterartandmysterydead,inthepersonofanyenlightenedsubjectwhopractisedit.

           Accordingly,themenwhowerewantedweresoughtoutandfound;whichwasinitselfamostuncivilisedandirregularwayofproceeding.Beingfound,theyweretreatedwithgreatconfidenceandhonour(whichagainshoweddensepoliticalignorance),andwereinvitedtocomeatonceanddowhattheyhadtodo.Inshort,theywereregardedasmenwhomeanttodoit,engagingwithothermenwhomeantittobedone.

           DanielDoycewasoneofthechosen.

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