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Chapter 21. Mr Merdle’s Complaint

           Inthelittlehesaid,hewasapleasantmanenough;plain,emphaticaboutpublicandprivateconfidence,andtenaciousoftheutmostdeferencebeingshownbyeveryone,inallthings,toSociety.InthissameSociety(ifthatwereitwhichcametohisdinners,andtoMrsMerdle’sreceptionsandconcerts),hehardlyseemedtoenjoyhimselfmuch,andwasmostlytobefoundagainstwallsandbehinddoors.Alsowhenhewentouttoit,insteadofitscominghometohim,heseemedalittlefatigued,anduponthewholerathermoredisposedforbed;buthewasalwayscultivatingitnevertheless,andalwaysmovinginit—andalwayslayingoutmoneyonitwiththegreatestliberality.

           MrsMerdle’sfirsthusbandhadbeenacolonel,underwhoseauspicesthebosomhadenteredintocompetitionwiththesnowsofNorthAmerica,andhadcomeoffatlittledisadvantageinpointofwhiteness,andatnoneinpointofcoldness.Thecolonel’ssonwasMrsMerdle’sonlychild.Hewasofachuckle-headed,high-shoulderedmake,withageneralappearanceofbeing,notsomuchayoungmanasaswelledboy.Hehadgivensofewsignsofreason,thataby-wordwentamonghiscompanionsthathisbrainhadbeenfrozenupinamightyfrostwhichprevailedatStJohn’s,NewBrunswick,attheperiodofhisbirththere,andhadneverthawedfromthathour.Anotherby-wordrepresentedhimashavinginhisinfancy,throughthenegligenceofanurse,fallenoutofahighwindowonhishead,whichhadbeenheardbyresponsiblewitnessestocrack.

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