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Chapter 28

           Profitingbytheexamplespresentedtomeeverywhereinsociety,Itookcareofmydigestion,andwasparticularaboutthewayinwhichmymealswerecookedandserved—particulartoo,astothefashioninwhichmywifedressedforthosemeals—foritsuitedmysupremehumourtoseeherbeautybedeckedassuitablyandrichlyaspossible,thatImighthavethesatisfactionofconsideringher‘points’withthesameepicureanfastidiousnessasIconsideredadishoftrufflesorspeciallypreparedgame.Ineverthoughtofthesternandabsolutelaw—"Untowhommuchisgiven,evenfromhimshouldmuchberequired;"—Iwasscarcelyawareofitinfact—theNewTestamentwasofallbooksintheworldthemostunfamiliartome.AndwhileIwilfullydeafenedmyselftothevoiceofconscience—thatvoicewhicheverandanonurgedmeinvaintoanoblerexistence—thecloudsweregathering,readytoburstabovemewiththatterrificsuddennesssuchasalwaysseemstouswhorefusetostudythecausesofourcalamities,asastonishingandstartlingasdeathitself.Forwearealwaysmoreorlessstartledatdeathnotwithstandingthatitisthecommonestoccurrenceknown.

           TowardsthemiddleofSeptembermy‘royalanddistinguished’house-partyarrivedandstayedatWillowsmereCourtforaweek.OfcourseitisunderstoodthatwheneverthePrinceofWaleshonoursanyprivateresidencewithavisit,heselects,ifnotall,atanyratethegreaterpartofthosepersonswhoaretobeinvitedtomeethim.

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