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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           OnthisoccasionMrBarnaclewasnotengaged,ashehadbeenbefore,withthenobleprodigyattheheadoftheDepartment;butwasabsent.BarnacleJunior,however,wasannouncedasalesserstar,yetvisibleabovetheofficehorizon.

           WithBarnaclejunior,hesignifiedhisdesiretoconfer;andfoundthatyounggentlemansingeingthecalvesofhislegsattheparentalfire,andsupportinghisspineagainstthemantel-shelf.Itwasacomfortableroom,handsomelyfurnishedinthehigherofficialmanner;anpresentingstatelysuggestionsoftheabsentBarnacle,inthethickcarpet,theleather-covereddesktositat,theleather-covereddesktostandat,theformidableeasy-chairandhearth-rug,theinterposedscreen,thetorn-uppapers,thedispatch-boxeswithlittlelabelsstickingoutofthem,likemedicinebottlesordeadgame,thepervadingsmellofleatherandmahogany,andageneralbamboozlingairofHownottodoit.

           ThepresentBarnacle,holdingMrClennam’scardinhishand,hadayouthfulaspect,andthefluffiestlittlewhisker,perhaps,thateverwasseen.Suchadownytipwasonhiscallowchin,thatheseemedhalffledgedlikeayoungbird;andacompassionateobservermighthaveurgedthat,ifhehadnotsingedthecalvesofhislegs,hewouldhavediedofcold.Hehadasuperioreye-glassdanglingroundhisneck,butunfortunatelyhadsuchflatorbitstohiseyesandsuchlimplittleeyelidsthatitwouldn’tstickinwhenheputitup,butkepttumblingoutagainsthiswaistcoatbuttonswithaclickthatdiscomposedhimverymuch.

           ‘Oh,Isay.

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