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           Itiseminentlyrespectable,andlikewise,inageneralway,retainer-like.Itexpresses,asitwere,thestewardofthelegalmysteries,thebutlerofthelegalcellar,oftheDedlocks.HasMr.Tulkinghornanyideaofthishimself?Itmaybeso,oritmaynot,butthereisthisremarkablecircumstancetobenotedineverythingassociatedwithmyLadyDedlockasoneofaclassasoneoftheleadersandrepresentativesofherlittleworld.ShesupposesherselftobeaninscrutableBeing,quiteoutofthereachandkenofordinarymortalsseeingherselfinherglass,whereindeedshelooksso.Yeteverydimlittlestarrevolvingabouther,fromhermaidtothemanageroftheItalianOpera,knowsherweaknesses,prejudices,follies,haughtinesses,andcapricesandlivesuponasaccurateacalculationandasniceameasureofhermoralnatureasherdressmakertakesofherphysicalproportions.Isanewdress,anewcustom,anewsinger,anewdancer,anewformofjewellery,anewdwarforgiant,anewchapel,anewanything,tobesetup?TherearedeferentialpeopleinadozencallingswhommyLadyDedlocksuspectsofnothingbutprostrationbeforeher,whocantellyouhowtomanageherasifshewereababy,whodonothingbutnurseheralltheirlives,who,humblyaffectingtofollowwithprofoundsubservience,leadherandherwholetroopafterthem;who,inhookingone,hookallandbearthemoffasLemuelGulliverboreawaythestatelyfleetofthemajesticLilliput.

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