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Chapter 6. Something Right Somewhere

           HeseriouslyprotestedthatthebowofBlandoiswasperfect,thattheaddressofBlandoiswasirresistible,andthatthepicturesqueeaseofBlandoiswouldbecheaplypurchased(ifitwerenotagift,andunpurchasable)forahundredthousandfrancs.Thatexaggerationinthemannerofthemanwhichhasbeennoticedasappertainingtohimandtoeverysuchman,whateverhisoriginalbreeding,ascertainlyasthesunbelongstothissystem,wasacceptabletoGowanasacaricature,whichhefounditahumorousresourcetohaveathandfortheridiculingofnumbersofpeoplewhonecessarilydidmoreorlessofwhatBlandoisoverdid.Thushehadtakenupwithhim;andthus,negligentlystrengtheningtheseinclinationswithhabit,andidlyderivingsomeamusementfromhistalk,hehadglidedintoawayofhavinghimforacompanion.This,thoughhesupposedhimtolivebyhiswitsatplay-tablesandthelike;thoughhesuspectedhimtobeacoward,whilehehimselfwasdaringandcourageous;thoughhethoroughlyknewhimtobedislikedbyMinnie;andthoughhecaredsolittleforhim,afterall,thatifhehadgivenheranytangiblepersonalcausetoregardhimwithaversion,hewouldhavehadnocompunctionwhateverinflinginghimoutofthehighestwindowinVeniceintothedeepestwaterofthecity.

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