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Chapter 12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden

           ‘Ifyoudon’tknow,howcanIknow?Youareintheinnermostsanctuaryofthetemple;Iamoneoftheadmiringconcourseontheplainwithout.’

           Barcouldbelightinhand,orheavyinhand,accordingtothecustomerhehadtodealwith.WithFerdinandBarnaclehewasgossamer.Barwaslikewisealwaysmodestandself-depreciatory—inhisway.Barwasamanofgreatvariety;butoneleadingthreadranthroughthewoofofallhispatterns.Everymanwithwhomhehadtodowasinhiseyesajury-man;andhemustgetthatjury-manover,ifhecould.

           ‘Ourillustrioushostandfriend,’saidBar;‘ourshiningmercantilestar;—goingintopolitics?’

           ‘Going?HehasbeeninParliamentsometime,youknow,’returnedtheengagingyoungBarnacle.

           ‘True,’saidBar,withhislight-comedylaughforspecialjury-men,whichwasaverydifferentthingfromhislow-comedylaughforcomictradesmenoncommonjuries:‘hehasbeeninParliamentforsometime.Yethithertoourstarhasbeenavacillatingandwaveringstar?Humph?’

           AnaveragewitnesswouldhavebeenseducedbytheHumph?intoanaffirmativeanswer,ButFerdinandBarnaclelookedknowinglyatBarashestrolledup-stairs,andgavehimnoansweratall.

           ‘Justso,justso,’saidBar,noddinghishead,forhewasnottobeputoffinthatway,‘andthereforeIspokeofoursittinginBancototakeaspecialargument—meaningthistobeahighandsolemnoccasion,when,asCaptainMacheathsays,“thejudgesaremet:aterribleshow!”Welawyersaresufficientlyliberal,yousee,toquotetheCaptain,thoughtheCaptainissevereuponus.

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