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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           Hisgorgeousnesswasnotunmixedwithdirt;andbothincomplexionandconsistencyhehadsufferedfromtheclosenessofhispantry.Asallowflabbinesswasuponhimwhenhetookthestopperout,andpresentedthebottletoMrClennam’snose.

           ‘BesogoodastogivethatcardtoMrTiteBarnacle,andtosaythatIhavejustnowseentheyoungerMrBarnacle,whorecommendedmetocallhere.’

           Thefootman(whohadasmanylargebuttonswiththeBarnaclecrestuponthemontheflapsofhispockets,asifhewerethefamilystrongbox,andcarriedtheplateandjewelsaboutwithhimbuttonedup)ponderedoverthecardalittle;thensaid,‘Walkin.’Itrequiredsomejudgmenttodoitwithoutbuttingtheinnerhall-dooropen,andintheconsequentmentalconfusionandphysicaldarknessslippingdownthekitchenstairs.Thevisitor,however,broughthimselfupsafelyonthedoor-mat.

           Stillthefootmansaid‘Walkin,’sothevisitorfollowedhim.Attheinnerhall-door,anotherbottleseemedtobepresentedandanotherstoppertakenout.ThissecondvialappearedtobefilledwithconcentratedprovisionsandextractofSinkfromthepantry.Afteraskirmishinthenarrowpassage,occasionedbythefootman’sopeningthedoorofthedismaldining-roomwithconfidence,findingsomeonetherewithconsternation,andbackingonthevisitorwithdisorder,thevisitorwasshutup,pendinghisannouncement,inaclosebackparlour.

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