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Chapter 58

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           Withthispartinginjunction,MrSwivelleremergedfromthehouse;andfeelingthathehadbythistimetakenquiteasmuchtodrinkaspromisedtobegoodforhisconstitution(purlbeingaratherstrongandheadycompound),wiselyresolvedtobetakehimselftohislodgings,andtobedatonce.Homewardhewenttherefore;andhisapartments(forhestillretainedthepluralfiction)beingatnogreatdistancefromtheoffice,hewassoonseatedinhisownbed-chamber,where,havingpulledoffonebootandforgottentheother,hefellintodeepcogitation.

           ‘ThisMarchioness,’saidMrSwiveller,foldinghisarms,‘isaveryextraordinaryperson—surroundedbymysteries,ignorantofthetasteofbeer,unacquaintedwithherownname(whichislessremarkable),andtakingalimitedviewofsocietythroughthekeyholesofdoors—canthesethingsbeherdestiny,orhassomeunknownpersonstartedanoppositiontothedecreesoffate?Itisamostinscrutableandunmitigatedstaggerer!’

           Whenhismeditationshadattainedthissatisfactorypoint,hebecameawareofhisremainingboot,ofwhich,withunimpairedsolemnityheproceededtodivesthimself;shakinghisheadwithexceedinggravityallthetime,andsighingdeeply.

           ‘Theserubbers,’saidMrSwiveller,puttingonhisnightcapinexactlythesamestyleasheworehishat,‘remindmeofthematrimonialfireside.Cheggs’swifeplayscribbage;all-fourslikewise.Sheringsthechangeson‘emnow.Fromsporttosporttheyhurryhertobanishherregrets,andwhentheywinasmilefromher,theythinkthatsheforgets—butshedon’t.

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