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Chapter 26. Nobody’s State of Mind

           AndthiswasthefeatureoftheconversationwhichimpressedClennam,asamannotusedtoit,verydisagreeably:makinghimdoubtifitwerequiterighttositthere,silentlyhearingagreatnationnarrowedtosuchlittlebounds.Remembering,however,thatintheParliamentarydebates,whetheronthelifeofthatnation’sbodyorthelifeofitssoul,thequestionwasusuallyallaboutandbetweenJohnBarnacle,AugustusStiltstalking,WilliamBarnacleandTudorStiltstalking,Tom,Dick,orHarryBarnacleorStiltstalking,andnobodyelse;hesaidnothingonthepartofmob,bethinkinghimselfthatmobwasusedtoit.

           MrHenryGowanseemedtohaveamaliciouspleasureinplayingoffthethreetalkersagainsteachother,andinseeingClennamstartledbywhattheysaid.Havingassupremeacontemptfortheclassthathadthrownhimoffasfortheclassthathadnottakenhimon,hehadnopersonaldisquietinanythingthatpassed.HishealthystateofmindappearedeventoderiveagratificationfromClennam’spositionofembarrassmentandisolationamongthegoodcompany;andifClennamhadbeeninthatconditionwithwhichNobodywasincessantlycontending,hewouldhavesuspectedit,andwouldhavestruggledwiththesuspicionasameanness,evenwhilehesatatthetable.

           InthecourseofacoupleofhoursthenobleRefrigerator,atnotimelessthanahundredyearsbehindtheperiod,gotaboutfivecenturiesinarrears,anddeliveredsolemnpoliticaloraclesappropriatetothatepoch.Hefinishedbyfreezingacupofteaforhisowndrinking,andretiringathislowesttemperature.

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