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Chapter 12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden

           Whenheaskedthisunfortunatetravellertotakewine,heencompassedhisfalteringstepswiththegloomiestofshades;andwhenhesaid,‘Yourhealthsir!’allaroundhimwasbarrennessanddesolation.

           AtlengthLordDecimus,withacoffee-cupinhishand,begantohoveraboutamongthepictures,andtocauseaninterestingspeculationtoariseinallmindsastotheprobabilitiesofhisceasingtohover,andenablingthesmallerbirdstoflutterup-stairs;whichcouldnotbedoneuntilhehadurgedhisnoblepinionsinthatdirection.Aftersomedelay,andseveralstretchesofhiswingswhichcametonothing,hesoaredtothedrawing-rooms.

           Andhereadifficultyarose,whichalwaysdoesarisewhentwopeoplearespeciallybroughttogetheratadinnertoconferwithoneanother.Everybody(exceptBishop,whohadnosuspicionofit)knewperfectlywellthatthisdinnerhadbeeneatenanddrunk,specificallytotheendthatLordDecimusandMrMerdleshouldhavefiveminutes’conversationtogether.Theopportunitysoelaboratelypreparedwasnowarrived,anditseemedfromthatmomentthatnomerehumaningenuitycouldsomuchasgetthetwochieftainsintothesameroom.MrMerdleandhisnobleguestpersistedinprowlingaboutatoppositeendsoftheperspective.ItwasinvainfortheengagingFerdinandtobringLordDecimustolookatthebronzehorsesnearMrMerdle.ThenMrMerdleevaded,andwanderedaway.ItwasinvainforhimtobringMrMerdletoLordDecimustotellhimthehistoryoftheuniqueDresdenvases.ThenLordDecimusevadedandwanderedaway,whilehewasgettinghismanuptothemark.

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