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Chapter 26

           Vincy,whohadbeenkeepingupasharpfireontheenemyInfection,andwasagooddealheatedinconsequence,startedupwhenheheardWrenchcomein,andwentintothehalltolethimknowwhathethought.

           "I’lltellyouwhat,Wrench,thisisbeyondajoke,"saidtheMayor,whooflatehadhadtorebukeoffenderswithanofficialair,andhowbroadenedhimselfbyputtinghisthumbsinhisarmholes."Toletfevergetunawaresintoahouselikethis.Therearesomethingsthatoughttobeactionable,andarenotsothat’smyopinion."

           Butirrationalreproacheswereeasiertobearthanthesenseofbeinginstructed,orratherthesensethatayoungerman,likeLydgate,inwardlyconsideredhiminneedofinstruction,for"inpointoffact,"Mr.Wrenchafterwardssaid,Lydgateparadedflighty,foreignnotions,whichwouldnotwear.Heswallowedhisireforthemoment,butheafterwardswrotetodeclinefurtherattendanceinthecase.Thehousemightbeagoodone,butMr.Wrenchwasnotgoingtotruckletoanybodyonaprofessionalmatter.Hereflected,withmuchprobabilityonhisside,thatLydgatewouldby-and-bybecaughttrippingtoo,andthathisungentlemanlyattemptstodiscreditthesaleofdrugsbyhisprofessionalbrethren,wouldby-and-byrecoilonhimself.HethrewoutbitingremarksonLydgate’stricks,worthyonlyofaquack,togethimselfafactitiousreputationwithcredulouspeople.Thatcantaboutcureswasnevergotupbysoundpractitioners.

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