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Chapter 34. A Shoal of Barnacles

           Andtherewasnotalist,inalltheCircumlocutionOffice,ofplacesthatmightfallvacantanywherewithinhalfacentury,fromalordoftheTreasurytoaChineseconsul,andupagaintoagovernor-generalofIndia,butasapplicantsforsuchplaces,thenamesofsomeorofeveryoneofthesehungryandadhesiveBarnaclesweredown.

           ItwasnecessarilybutasprinklingofanyclassofBarnaclesthatattendedthemarriage,fortherewerenottwoscoreinall,andwhatisthatsubtractedfromLegion!ButthesprinklingwasaswarmintheTwickenhamcottage,andfilledit.ABarnacle(assistedbyaBarnacle)marriedthehappypair,anditbehovedLordDecimusTiteBarnaclehimselftoconductMrsMeaglestobreakfast.

           Theentertainmentwasnotasagreeableandnaturalasitmighthavebeen.MrMeagles,hovedownbyhisgoodcompanywhilehehighlyappreciatedit,wasnothimself.MrsGowanwasherself,andthatdidnotimprovehim.ThefictionthatitwasnotMrMeagleswhohadstoodintheway,butthatitwastheFamilygreatness,andthattheFamilygreatnesshadmadeaconcession,andtherewasnowasoothingunanimity,pervadedtheaffair,thoughitwasneveropenlyexpressed.ThentheBarnaclesfeltthattheyfortheirpartswouldhavedonewiththeMeagleseswhenthepresentpatronisingoccasionwasover;andtheMeaglesesfeltthesamefortheirparts.

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