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Chapter 24. The Evening of a Long Day

           

           Soquietlydidthemowingoftheoldscythegoon,thatfullythreemonthshadpassedunnoticedsincethetwoEnglishbrothershadbeenlaidinonetombinthestrangers’cemeteryatRome.MrandMrsSparklerwereestablishedintheirownhouse:alittlemansion,ratheroftheTiteBarnacleclass,quiteatriumphofinconvenience,withaperpetualsmellinitofthedaybeforeyesterday’ssoupandcoach-horses,butextremelydear,asbeingexactlyinthecentreofthehabitableglobe.Inthisenviableabode(andenvieditreallywasbymanypeople),MrsSparklerhadintendedtoproceedatoncetothedemolitionoftheBosom,whenactivehostilitieshadbeensuspendedbythearrivaloftheCourierwithhistidingsofdeath.MrsSparkler,whowasnotunfeeling,hadreceivedthemwithaviolentburstofgrief,whichhadlastedtwelvehours;afterwhich,shehadarisentoseeabouthermourning,andtotakeeveryprecautionthatcouldensureitsbeingasbecomingasMrsMerdle’s.Agloomwasthencastovermorethanonedistinguishedfamily(accordingtothepolitestsourcesofintelligence),andtheCourierwentbackagain.

           MrandMrsSparklerhadbeendiningalone,withtheirgloomcastoverthem,andMrsSparklerreclinedonadrawing-roomsofa.ItwasahotsummerSundayevening.Theresidenceinthecentreofthehabitableglobe,atalltimesstuffedandcloseasifithadanincurablecoldinitshead,wasthateveningparticularlystifling.

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