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Chapter 17. Nobody’s Rival

           Herson,MrHenryGowan,inheritingfromhisfather,theCommissioner,thatveryquestionablehelpinlife,averysmallindependence,hadbeendifficulttosettle;therather,aspublicappointmentschancedtobescarce,andhisgenius,duringhisearliermanhood,wasofthatexclusivelyagriculturalcharacterwhichappliesitselftothecultivationofwildoats.AtlasthehaddeclaredthathewouldbecomeaPainter;partlybecausehehadalwayshadanidleknackthatway,andpartlytogrievethesoulsoftheBarnacles-in-chiefwhohadnotprovidedforhim.Soithadcometopasssuccessively,first,thatseveraldistinguishedladieshadbeenfrightfullyshocked;then,thatportfoliosofhisperformanceshadbeenhandedabouto’nights,anddeclaredwithecstasytobeperfectClaudes,perfectCuyps,perfectphaenomena;then,thatLordDecimushadboughthispicture,andhadaskedthePresidentandCounciltodinneratablow,andhadsaid,withhisownmagnificentgravity,‘Doyouknow,thereappearstometobereallyimmensemeritinthatwork?’and,inshort,thatpeopleofconditionhadabsolutelytakenpainstobringhimintofashion.But,somehow,ithadallfailed.Theprejudicedpublichadstoodoutagainstitobstinately.TheyhaddeterminednottoadmireLordDecimus’spicture.Theyhaddeterminedtobelievethatineveryservice,excepttheirown,amanmustqualifyhimself,bystrivingearlyandlate,andbyworkingheartandsoul,mightandmain.

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