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Chapter 12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden

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           Andnowtherestofthecompany,highlyexcitedandinterested,alwaysexceptingBishop,whohadnottheslightestideathatanythingwasgoingon,formedinonegrouproundthefireinthenextdrawing-room,andpretendedtobechattingeasilyontheinfinitevarietyofsmalltopics,whileeverybody’sthoughtsandeyesweresecretlystrayingtowardsthesecludedpair.TheChoruswereexcessivelynervous,perhapsaslabouringunderthedreadfulapprehensionthatsomegoodthingwasgoingtobedivertedfromthem!Bishopalonetalkedsteadilyandevenly.HeconversedwiththegreatPhysicianonthatrelaxationofthethroatwithwhichyoungcuratesweretoofrequentlyafflicted,andonthemeansoflesseningthegreatprevalenceofthatdisorderinthechurch.Physician,asageneralrule,wasofopinionthatthebestwaytoavoiditwastoknowhowtoread,beforeyoumadeaprofessionofreading.Bishopsaiddubiously,didhereallythinkso?AndPhysiciansaid,decidedly,yeshedid.

           Ferdinand,meanwhile,wastheonlyoneofthepartywhoskirmishedontheoutsideofthecircle;hekeptaboutmid-waybetweenitandthetwo,asifsomesortofsurgicaloperationwerebeingperformedbyLordDecimusonMrMerdle,orbyMrMerdleonLordDecimus,andhisservicesmightatanymomentberequiredasDresser.Infact,withinaquarterofanhourLordDecimuscalledtohim‘Ferdinand!’andhewent,andtookhisplaceintheconferenceforsomefiveminutesmore.Thenahalf-suppressedgaspbrokeoutamongtheChorus;forLordDecimusrosetotakehisleave.

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