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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           You’relettinginadevilofadraughthere!’

           Afewstepsbroughthimtotheseconddoorontheleftinthenextpassage.Inthatroomhefoundthreegentlemen;numberonedoingnothingparticular,numbertwodoingnothingparticular,numberthreedoingnothingparticular.Theyseemed,however,tobemoredirectlyconcernedthantheothershadbeenintheeffectiveexecutionofthegreatprincipleoftheoffice,astherewasanawfulinnerapartmentwithadoubledoor,inwhichtheCircumlocutionSagesappearedtobeassembledincouncil,andoutofwhichtherewasanimposingcomingofpapers,andintowhichtherewasanimposinggoingofpapers,almostconstantly;whereinanothergentleman,numberfour,wastheactiveinstrument.

           ‘Iwanttoknow,’saidArthurClennam,—andagainstatedhiscaseinthesamebarrel-organway.Asnumberonereferredhimtonumbertwo,andasnumbertworeferredhimtonumberthree,hehadoccasiontostateitthreetimesbeforetheyallreferredhimtonumberfour,towhomhestateditagain.

           Numberfourwasavivacious,well-looking,well-dressed,agreeableyoungfellow—hewasaBarnacle,butonthemoresprightlysideofthefamily—andhesaidinaneasyway,‘Oh!youhadbetternotbotheryourselfaboutit,Ithink.’

           ‘Notbothermyselfaboutit?’

           ‘No!Irecommendyounottobotheryourselfaboutit.’

           ThiswassuchanewpointofviewthatArthurClennamfoundhimselfatalosshowtoreceiveit.

           ‘Youcanifyoulike.Icangiveyouplentyofformstofillup.Lotsof‘emhere.Youcanhaveadozenifyoulike.

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