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National and Domestic

           AstoSirLeicester,heconceivesitutterlyimpossiblethatanythingcanbewanting,inanydirection,byanyonewhohasthegoodfortunetobereceivedunderthatroof;andinastateofsublimesatisfaction,hemovesamongthecompany,amagnificentrefrigerator.Dailythecousinstrotthroughdustandcanteroverroadsideturf,awaytohustingsandpolling-booths(withleatherglovesandhunting-whipsforthecountiesandkidglovesandriding-canesfortheboroughs),anddailybringbackreportsonwhichSirLeicesterholdsforthafterdinner.Dailytherestlessmenwhohavenooccupationinlifepresenttheappearanceofbeingratherbusy.DailyVolumniahasalittlecousinlytalkwithSirLeicesteronthestateofthenation,fromwhichSirLeicesterisdisposedtoconcludethatVolumniaisamorereflectingwomanthanhehadthoughther."Howarewegettingon?"saysMissVolumnia,claspingherhands."AREwesafe?"Themightybusinessisnearlyoverbythistime,andDoodlewillthrowhimselfoffthecountryinafewdaysmore.SirLeicesterhasjustappearedinthelongdrawing-roomafterdinner,abrightparticularstarsurroundedbycloudsofcousins."Volumnia,"repliesSirLeicester,whohasalistinhishand,"wearedoingtolerably.""Onlytolerably!"Althoughitissummerweather,SirLeicesteralwayshashisownparticularfireintheevening.Hetakeshisusualscreenedseatnearitandrepeatswithmuchfirmnessandalittledispleasure,aswhoshouldsay,Iamnotacommonman,andwhenIsaytolerably,itmustnotbeunderstoodasacommonexpression,"Volumnia,wearedoingtolerably.

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