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Chapter 11
Singular,communedtheguestwithhimself,thewonderfullyunequalfacultyofmetempsychosispossessedbythem,thatthepuerperaldormitoryandthedissectingtheatreshouldbetheseminariesofsuchfrivolity,thatthemereacquisitionofacademictitlesshouldsufficetotransforminapinchoftimethesevotariesoflevityintoexemplarypractitionersofanartwhichmostmenanywiseeminenthaveesteemedthenoblest.But,hefurtheradded,itismayhaptorelievethepentupfeelingsthatincommonoppressthemforIhavemorethanonceobservedthatbirdsofafeatherlaughtogether.
Butwithwhatfitness,letitbeaskedofthenoblelord,hispatron,hasthisalien,whomtheconcessionofagraciousprincehasadmittedtocivicrights,constitutedhimselfthelordparamountofourinternalpolity?Whereisnowthatgratitudewhichloyaltyshouldhavecounselled?Duringtherecentwarwhenevertheenemyhadatemporaryadvantagewithhisgranadosdidthistraitortohiskindnotseizethatmomenttodischargehispieceagainsttheempireofwhichheisatenantatwillwhilehetrembledforthesecurityofhisfourpercents?Hasheforgottenthisasheforgetsallbenefitsreceived?Orisitthatfrombeingadeluderofothershehasbecomeatlasthisowndupeasheis,ifreportbeliehimnot,hisownandhisonlyenjoyer?Farbeitfromcandourtoviolatethebedchamberofarespectablelady,thedaughterofagallantmajor,ortocastthemostdistantreflectionsuponhervirtuebutifhechallengesattentionthere(asitwasindeedhighlyhisinterestnottohavedone)thenbeitso.
