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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           EitherthenationwasunderaloadofobligationtotheBarnacles,ortheBarnacleswereunderaloadofobligationtothenation.Itwasnotquiteunanimouslysettledwhich;theBarnacleshavingtheiropinion,thenationtheirs.

           TheMrTiteBarnaclewhoattheperiodnowinquestionusuallycoachedorcrammedthestatesmanattheheadoftheCircumlocutionOffice,whenthatnobleorrighthonourableindividualsatalittleuneasilyinhissaddlebyreasonofsomevagabondmakingatiltathiminanewspaper,wasmoreflushofbloodthanmoney.AsaBarnaclehehadhisplace,whichwasasnugthingenough;andasaBarnaclehehadofcourseputinhissonBarnacleJuniorintheoffice.ButhehadintermarriedwithabranchoftheStiltstalkings,whowerealsobetterendowedinasanguineouspointofviewthanwithrealorpersonalproperty,andofthismarriagetherehadbeenissue,Barnaclejuniorandthreeyoungladies.WhatwiththepatricianrequirementsofBarnaclejunior,thethreeyoungladies,MrsTiteBarnacleneeStiltstalking,andhimself,MrTiteBarnaclefoundtheintervalsbetweenquarterdayandquarterdayratherlongerthanhecouldhavedesired;acircumstancewhichhealwaysattributedtothecountry’sparsimony.

           ForMrTiteBarnacle,MrArthurClennammadehisfifthinquiryonedayattheCircumlocutionOffice;havingonpreviousoccasionsawaitedthatgentlemansuccessivelyinahall,aglasscase,awaitingroom,andafire-proofpassagewheretheDepartmentseemedtokeepitswind.

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