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Chapter 4

           Icouldnotforbearadmiringattheseoddappearances,bothintownandcountry;andImadeboldtodesiremyconductor,thathewouldbepleasedtoexplaintome,whatcouldbemeantbysomanybusyheads,hands,andfaces,bothinthestreetsandthefields,becauseIdidnotdiscoveranygoodeffectstheyproduced;but,onthecontrary,Ineverknewasoilsounhappilycultivated,housessoillcontrivedandsoruinous,orapeoplewhosecountenancesandhabitexpressedsomuchmiseryandwant.

           ThislordMunodiwasapersonofthefirstrank,andhadbeensomeyearsgovernorofLagado;but,byacabalofministers,wasdischargedforinsufficiency.However,thekingtreatedhimwithtenderness,asawell-meaningman,butofalowcontemptibleunderstanding.

           WhenIgavethatfreecensureofthecountryanditsinhabitants,hemadenofurtheranswerthanbytellingme,"thatIhadnotbeenlongenoughamongthemtoformajudgment;andthatthedifferentnationsoftheworldhaddifferentcustoms;"withothercommontopicstothesamepurpose.But,whenwereturnedtohispalace,heaskedme"howIlikedthebuilding,whatabsurditiesIobserved,andwhatquarrelIhadwiththedressorlooksofhisdomestics?"Thishemightsafelydo;becauseeverythingabouthimwasmagnificent,regular,andpolite.Ianswered,"thathisexcellency’sprudence,quality,andfortune,hadexemptedhimfromthosedefects,whichfollyandbeggaryhadproducedinothers."

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