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Chapter 16. Getting on

           

           Onlyonethingsatotherwisethanauriferously,andatthesametimelightly,onMrDorrit’smind.ItwastheChiefButler.Thatstupendouscharacterlookedathim,inthecourseofhisofficiallookingatthedinners,inamannerthatMrDorritconsideredquestionable.Helookedathim,ashepassedthroughthehallandupthestaircase,goingtodinner,withaglazedfixednessthatMrDorritdidnotlike.Seatedattableintheactofdrinking,MrDorritstillsawhimthroughhiswine-glass,regardinghimwithacoldandghostlyeye.ItmisgavehimthattheChiefButlermusthaveknownaCollegian,andmusthaveseenhimintheCollege—perhapshadbeenpresentedtohim.HelookedascloselyattheChiefButlerassuchamancouldbelookedat,andyethedidnotrecallthathehadeverseenhimelsewhere.Ultimatelyhewasinclinedtothinkthattherewasnoreverenceintheman,nosentimentinthegreatcreature.Buthewasnotrelievedbythat;for,lethimthinkwhathewould,theChiefButlerhadhiminhissuperciliouseye,evenwhenthateyewasontheplateandothertable-garniture;andheneverlethimoutofit.Tohinttohimthatthisconfinementinhiseyewasdisagreeable,ortoaskhimwhathemeant,wasanacttoodaringtoventureupon;hisseveritywithhisemployersandtheirvisitorsbeingterrific,andheneverpermittinghimselftobeapproachedwiththeslightestliberty.

           

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