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           Heconsideredittheprincipleofagentlemantotakethingsashefoundthem;andhehadnodoubtthePrerogativeOfficewouldlastourtime.Ideferredtohisopinion,thoughIhadgreatdoubtsofitmyself.Ifindhewasright,however;forithasnotonlylastedtothepresentmoment,buthasdonesointheteethofagreatparliamentaryreportmade(nottoowillingly)eighteenyearsago,whenalltheseobjectionsofmineweresetforthindetail,andwhentheexistingstowageforwillswasdescribedasequaltotheaccumulationofonlytwoyearsandahalfmore.Whattheyhavedonewiththemsince;whethertheyhavelostmany,orwhethertheysellany,nowandthen,tothebuttershops;Idon’tknow.Iamgladmineisnotthere,andIhopeitmaynotgothere,yetawhile.

           Ihavesetallthisdown,inmypresentblissfulchapter,becausehereitcomesintoitsnaturalplace.Mr.SpenlowandIfallingintothisconversation,prolongeditandoursauntertoandfro,untilwedivergedintogeneraltopics.Andsoitcameabout,intheend,thatMr.SpenlowtoldmethisdayweekwasDora’sbirthday,andhewouldbegladifIwouldcomedownandjoinalittlepicnicontheoccasion.Iwentoutofmysensesimmediately;becameameredrivellernextday,onreceiptofalittlelace-edgedsheetofnote-paper,‘Favouredbypapa.Toremind’;andpassedtheinterveningperiodinastateofdotage.

           IthinkIcommittedeverypossibleabsurdityinthewayofpreparationforthisblessedevent.

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