IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy

           

           Reddlemenoftheoldschoolarenowbutseldomseen.SincetheintroductionofrailwaysWessexfarmershavemanagedtodowithouttheseMephistophelianvisitants,andthebrightpigmentsolargelyusedbyshepherdsinpreparingsheepforthefairisobtainedbyotherroutes.Eventhosewhoyetsurvivearelosingthepoetryofexistencewhichcharacterizedthemwhenthepursuitofthetrademeantperiodicaljourneystothepitwhencethematerialwasdug,aregularcampingoutfrommonthtomonth,exceptinthedepthofwinter,aperegrinationamongfarmswhichcouldbecountedbythehundred,andinspiteofthisArabexistencethepreservationofthatrespectabilitywhichisinsuredbythenever-failingproductionofawell-linedpurse.

           Reddlespreadsitslivelyhuesovereverythingitlightson,andstampsunmistakably,aswiththemarkofCain,anypersonwhohashandledithalfanhour.

           Achild’sfirstsightofareddlemanwasanepochinhislife.Thatblood-colouredfigurewasasublimationofallthehorriddreamswhichhadafflictedthejuvenilespiritsinceimaginationbegan.“Thereddlemaniscomingforyou!”hadbeentheformulatedthreatofWessexmothersformanygenerations.Hewassuccessfullysupplantedforawhile,atthebeginningofthepresentcentury,byBuonaparte;butasprocessoftimerenderedthelatterpersonagestaleandineffectivetheolderphraseresumeditsearlyprominence.AndnowthereddlemanhasinhisturnfollowedBuonapartetothelandofworn-outbogeys,andhisplaceisfilledbymoderninventions.

           Thereddlemanlivedlikeagipsy;butgipsieshescorned.

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