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           IfyouhaddonewithCuffywhatyououghttohavedonewhenhefirstcameintoParliament,andhadpreventedhimfromgoingovertoDuffy,youwouldhavegothimintoalliancewithFuffy,youwouldhavehadwithyoutheweightattachingasasmartdebatertoGuffy,youwouldhavebroughttobearupontheelectionsthewealthofHuffy,youwouldhavegotinforthreecountiesJuffy,Kuffy,andLuffy,andyouwouldhavestrengthenedyouradministrationbytheofficialknowledgeandthebusinesshabitsofMuffy.Allthis,insteadofbeingasyounoware,dependentonthemerecapriceofPuffy!Astothispoint,andastosomeminortopics,therearedifferencesofopinion;butitisperfectlycleartothebrilliantanddistinguishedcircle,allround,thatnobodyisinquestionbutBoodleandhisretinue,andBuffyandHISretinue.Thesearethegreatactorsforwhomthestageisreserved.APeoplethereare,nodoubtacertainlargenumberofsupernumeraries,whoaretobeoccasionallyaddressed,andrelieduponforshoutsandchoruses,asonthetheatricalstage;butBoodleandBuffy,theirfollowersandfamilies,theirheirs,executors,administrators,andassigns,arethebornfirst-actors,managers,andleaders,andnootherscanappearuponthesceneforeverandever.Inthis,too,thereisperhapsmoredandyismatChesneyWoldthanthebrilliantanddistinguishedcirclewillfindgoodforitselfinthelongrun.Foritis,evenwiththestillestandpolitestcircles,aswiththecirclethenecromancerdrawsaroundhimverystrangeappearancesmaybeseeninactivemotionoutside.

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