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           ""Iorderedittobeputupthere,"repliesSirLeicester."Woulditbeconsideredaliberty,SirLeicesterDedlock,Baronet,ifIwastoaskyouwhy?""Notatall.Ichoseitasaconspicuouspartofthehouse.Ithinkitcannotbetooprominentlykeptbeforethewholeestablishment.Iwishmypeopletobeimpressedwiththeenormityofthecrime,thedeterminationtopunishit,andthehopelessnessofescape.Atthesametime,officer,ifyouinyourbetterknowledgeofthesubjectseeanyobjection"Mr.Bucketseesnonenow;thebillhavingbeenputup,hadbetternotbetakendown.Repeatinghisthreebowshewithdraws,closingthedooronVolumnia’slittlescream,whichisapreliminarytoherremarkingthatthatcharminglyhorriblepersonisaperfectBlueChamber.Inhisfondnessforsocietyandhisadaptabilitytoallgrades,Mr.Bucketispresentlystandingbeforethehall-firebrightandwarmontheearlywinternightadmiringMercury."Why,you’resixfoottwo,Isuppose?"saysMr.Bucket."Three,"saysMercury."Areyousomuch?Butthen,yousee,you’rebroadinproportionanddon’tlookit.You’renotoneoftheweak-leggedones,youain’t.Wasyouevermodellednow?"Mr.Bucketasks,conveyingtheexpressionofanartistintotheturnofhiseyeandhead.Mercuryneverwasmodelled."Thenyououghttobe,youknow,"saysMr.Bucket;"andafriendofminethatyou’llhearofonedayasaRoyalAcademysculptorwouldstandsomethinghandsometomakeadrawingofyourproportionsforthemarble.MyLady’sout,ain’tshe?""Outtodinner.

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