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A Dissolution of Partnership

           

           Itmighthavebeenquiteheart-breaking,butforDora,whowasthestayandanchorofmytempest-drivenbark.Everyscratchintheschemewasagnarledoakintheforestofdifficulty,andIwentoncuttingthemdown,oneafteranother,withsuchvigour,thatinthreeorfourmonthsIwasinaconditiontomakeanexperimentononeofourcrackspeakersintheCommons.ShallIeverforgethowthecrackspeakerwalkedofffrommebeforeIbegan,andleftmyimbecilepencilstaggeringaboutthepaperasifitwereinafit!

           Thiswouldnotdo,itwasquiteclear.Iwasflyingtoohigh,andshouldnevergeton,so.IresortedtoTraddlesforadvice;whosuggestedthatheshoulddictatespeechestome,atapace,andwithoccasionalstoppages,adaptedtomyweakness.Verygratefulforthisfriendlyaid,Iacceptedtheproposal;andnightafternight,almosteverynight,foralongtime,wehadasortofPrivateParliamentinBuckinghamStreet,afterIcamehomefromtheDoctor’s.

           IshouldliketoseesuchaParliamentanywhereelse!MyauntandMr.DickrepresentedtheGovernmentortheOpposition(asthecasemightbe),andTraddles,withtheassistanceofEnfield’sSpeakers,oravolumeofparliamentaryorations,thunderedastonishinginvectivesagainstthem.Standingbythetable,withhisfingerinthepagetokeeptheplace,andhisrightarmflourishingabovehishead,Traddles,asMr.Pitt,Mr.Fox,Mr.Sheridan,Mr.Burke,LordCastlereagh,ViscountSidmouth,orMr.

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