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Chapter 17. Nobody’s Rival

           ‘ABarnacleishe?Weknowsomethingofthatfamily,eh,Dan?ByGeorge,theyareatthetopofthetree,though!Letmesee.WhatrelationwillthisyoungfellowbetoLordDecimusnow?HisLordshipmarried,inseventeenninety-seven,LadyJemimaBilberry,whowastheseconddaughterbythethirdmarriage—no!ThereIamwrong!ThatwasLadySeraphina—LadyJemimawasthefirstdaughterbythesecondmarriageofthefifteenthEarlofStiltstalkingwiththeHonourableClementinaToozellem.Verywell.Nowthisyoungfellow’sfathermarriedaStiltstalkingandhisfathermarriedhiscousinwhowasaBarnacle.ThefatherofthatfatherwhomarriedaBarnacle,marriedaJoddleby.—Iamgettingalittletoofarback,Gowan;IwanttomakeoutwhatrelationthisyoungfellowistoLordDecimus.’

           ‘That’seasilystated.HisfatherisnephewtoLordDecimus.’

           ‘Nephew—to—Lord—Decimus,’MrMeaglesluxuriouslyrepeatedwithhiseyesshut,thathemighthavenothingtodistracthimfromthefullflavourofthegenealogicaltree.‘ByGeorge,youareright,Gowan.Soheis.’

           ‘Consequently,LordDecimusishisgreatuncle.’

           ‘Butstopabit!’saidMrMeagles,openinghiseyeswithafreshdiscovery.‘Thenonthemother’sside,LadyStiltstalkingishisgreataunt.’

           ‘Ofcoursesheis.’

           ‘Aye,aye,aye?’saidMrMeagleswithmuchinterest.‘Indeed,indeed?Weshallbegladtoseehim.We’llentertainhimaswellaswecan,inourhumbleway;andweshallnotstarvehim,Ihope,atallevents.

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