Холодный дом

Signs and Tokens

           Boythorn,suddenlyfiringanothervolley,"thatfellowis,andhisfatherwas,andhisgrandfatherwas,themoststiff-necked,arrogantimbecile,pig-headednumskull,ever,bysomeinexplicablemistakeofNature,borninanystationoflifebutawalking-stick’s!Thewholeofthatfamilyarethemostsolemnlyconceitedandconsummateblockheads!Butit’snomatter;heshouldnotshutupmypathifhewerefiftybaronetsmeltedintooneandlivinginahundredChesneyWolds,onewithinanother,liketheivoryballsinaChinesecarving.Thefellow,byhisagent,orsecretary,orsomebody,writestome’SirLeicesterDedlock,Baronet,presentshiscomplimentstoMr.LawrenceBoythorn,andhastocallhisattentiontothefactthatthegreenpathwaybytheoldparsonage-house,nowthepropertyofMr.LawrenceBoythorn,isSirLeicester’srightofway,beinginfactaportionoftheparkofChesneyWold,andthatSirLeicesterfindsitconvenienttocloseupthesame.’Iwritetothefellow,’Mr.LawrenceBoythornpresentshiscomplimentstoSirLeicesterDedlock,Baronet,andhastocallHISattentiontothefactthathetotallydeniesthewholeofSirLeicesterDedlock’spositionsoneverypossiblesubjectandhastoadd,inreferencetoclosingupthepathway,thathewillbegladtoseethemanwhomayundertaketodoit.’Thefellowsendsamostabandonedvillainwithoneeyetoconstructagateway.Iplayuponthatexecrablescoundrelwithafire-engineuntilthebreathisnearlydrivenoutofhisbody.Thefellowerectsagateinthenight.Ichopitdownandburnitinthemorning.

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