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Chapter 12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden

           AgaincoachedupbyFerdinandtothepointofmakinghimselfpopular,heshookhandsinthemostbrilliantmannerwiththewholecompany,andevensaidtoBar,‘Ihopeyouwerenotboredbymypears?’TowhichBarretorted,‘Eton,mylord,orParliamentary?’neatlyshowingthathehadmasteredthejoke,anddelicatelyinsinuatingthathecouldneverforgetitwhilehisliferemained.

           AllthegraveimportancethatwasbuttonedupinMrTiteBarnacle,tookitselfawaynext;andFerdinandtookhimselfawaynext,totheopera.Someoftherestlingeredalittle,marryinggoldenliqueurglassestoBuhltableswithstickyrings;onthedesperatechanceofMrMerdle’ssayingsomething.ButMerdle,asusual,oozedsluggishlyandmuddilyabouthisdrawing-room,sayingneveraword.

           Inadayortwoitwasannouncedtoallthetown,thatEdmundSparkler,Esquire,son-in-lawoftheeminentMrMerdleofworldwiderenown,wasmadeoneoftheLordsoftheCircumlocutionOffice;andproclamationwasissued,toalltruebelievers,thatthisadmirableappointmentwastobehailedasagracefulandgraciousmarkofhomage,renderedbythegracefulandgraciousDecimus,tothatcommercialinterestwhichmusteverinagreatcommercialcountry—andalltherestofit,withblastoftrumpet.So,bolsteredbythismarkofGovernmenthomage,thewonderfulBankandalltheotherwonderfulundertakingswentonandwentup;andgaperscametoHarleyStreet,CavendishSquare,onlytolookatthehousewherethegoldenwonderlived

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