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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           HowtherehadbeenafinalinterviewwiththeheadoftheCircumlocutionOfficethatverymorning,andhowtheBrazenHeadhadspoken,andhadbeen,uponthewhole,andunderallthecircumstances,andlookingatitfromthevariouspointsofview,ofopinionthatoneoftwocourseswastobepursuedinrespectofthebusiness:thatwastosay,eithertoleaveitaloneforevermore,ortobeginitalloveragain.

           ‘Uponwhich,’saidMrMeagles,‘asapracticalman,Ithenandthere,inthatpresence,tookDoycebythecollar,andtoldhimitwasplaintomethathewasaninfamousrascalandtreasonabledisturberofthegovernmentpeace,andtookhimaway.Ibroughthimoutoftheofficedoorbythecollar,thattheveryportermightknowIwasapracticalmanwhoappreciatedtheofficialestimateofsuchcharacters;andhereweare!’

           IfthatairyyoungBarnaclehadbeenthere,hewouldhavefranklytoldthemperhapsthattheCircumlocutionOfficehadachieveditsfunction.ThatwhattheBarnacleshadtodo,wastostickontothenationalshipaslongastheycould.Thattotrimtheship,lightentheship,cleantheship,wouldbetoknockthemoff;thattheycouldbutbeknockedoffonce;andthatiftheshipwentdownwiththemyetstickingtoit,thatwastheship’slookout,andnottheirs.

           ‘There!’saidMrMeagles,‘nowyouknowallaboutDoyce.Except,whichIowndoesnotimprovemystateofmind,thatevennowyoudon’thearhimcomplain.’

           ‘Youmusthavegreatpatience,’saidArthurClennam,lookingathimwithsomewonder,‘greatforbearance.

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