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Chapter 25. The Chief Butler Resigns the Seals of Office

           Everypartakerofhismagnificentfeastswouldbeseentohavebeenasharerintheplunderofinnumerablehomes;everyservileworshipperofricheswhohadhelpedtosethimonhispedestal,wouldhavedonebettertoworshiptheDevilpoint-blank.So,thetalk,lashedlouderandhigherbyconfirmationonconfirmation,andbyeditionaftereditionoftheeveningpapers,swelledintosucharoarwhennightcame,asmighthavebroughtonetobelievethatasolitarywatcheronthegalleryabovetheDomeofStPaul’swouldhaveperceivedthenightairtobeladenwithaheavymutteringofthenameofMerdle,coupledwitheveryformofexecration.

           ForbythattimeitwasknownthatthelateMrMerdle’scomplainthadbeensimplyForgeryandRobbery.He,theuncouthobjectofsuchwide-spreadadulation,thesitteratgreatmen’sfeasts,theroc’seggofgreatladies’assemblies,thesubduerofexclusiveness,thelevellerofpride,thepatronofpatrons,thebargain-driverwithaMinisterforLordshipsoftheCircumlocutionOffice,therecipientofmoreacknowledgmentwithinsometenorfifteenyears,atmost,thanhadbeenbestowedinEnglanduponallpeacefulpublicbenefactors,anduponalltheleadersofalltheArtsandSciences,withalltheirworkstotestifyforthem,duringtwocenturiesatleast—he,theshiningwonder,thenewconstellationtobefollowedbythewisemenbringinggifts,untilitstoppedoveracertaincarrionatthebottomofabathanddisappeared—wassimplythegreatestForgerandthegreatestThiefthatevercheatedthegallows.

           

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