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Chapter 29

           Casaubonhadadoptedanimmediateintention:therewastobeanewParergon,asmallmonographonsomelatelytracedindicationsconcerningtheEgyptianmysterieswherebycertainassertionsofWarburton’scouldbecorrected.Referenceswereextensiveevenhere,butnotaltogethershoreless;andsentenceswereactuallytobewrittenintheshapewhereintheywouldbescannedbyBrasenoseandalessformidableposterity.TheseminormonumentalproductionswerealwaysexcitingtoMr.Casaubon;digestionwasmadedifficultbytheinterferenceofcitations,orbytherivalryofdialecticalphrasesringingagainsteachotherinhisbrain.AndfromthefirsttherewastobeaLatindedicationaboutwhicheverythingwasuncertainexceptthatitwasnottobeaddressedtoCarp:itwasapoisonousregrettoMr.CasaubonthathehadonceaddressedadedicationtoCarpinwhichhehadnumberedthatmemberoftheanimalkingdomamongthevirosnulloaevoperituros,amistakewhichwouldinfalliblylaythededicatoropentoridiculeinthenextage,andmightevenbechuckledoverbyPikeandTenchinthepresent.

           ThusMr.Casaubonwasinoneofhisbusiestepochs,andasIbegantosayalittlewhileago,Dorotheajoinedhimearlyinthelibrarywherehehadbreakfastedalone.CeliaatthistimewasonasecondvisittoLowick,probablythelastbeforehermarriage,andwasinthedrawing-roomexpectingSirJames.

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