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Chapter 11
Thelewdsuggestionsofsomefadedbeautymayconsolehimforaconsortneglectedanddebauchedbutthisnewexponentofmoralsandhealerofillsisathisbestanexotictreewhich,whenrootedinitsnativeorient,throveandflourishedandwasabundantinbalmbut,transplantedtoaclimemoretemperate,itsrootshavelosttheirquondamvigourwhilethestuffthatcomesawayfromitisstagnant,acidandinoperative.
ThenewswasimpartedwithacircumspectionrecallingtheceremonialusageoftheSublimePortebythesecondfemaleinfirmariantothejuniormedicalofficerinresidence,whoinhisturnannouncedtothedelegationthatanheirhadbeenborn.Whenhehadbetakenhimselftothewomen’sapartmenttoassistattheprescribedceremonyoftheafterbirthinthepresenceofthesecretaryofstatefordomesticaffairsandthemembersoftheprivycouncil,silentinunanimousexhaustionandapprobationthedelegates,chafingunderthelengthandsolemnityoftheirvigilandhopingthatthejoyfuloccurrencewouldpalliatealicencewhichthesimultaneousabsenceofabigailandobstetricianrenderedtheeasier,brokeoutatonceintoastrifeoftongues.InvainthevoiceofMrCanvasserBloomwasheardendeavouringtourge,tomollify,torefrain.Themomentwastoopropitiousforthedisplayofthatdiscursivenesswhichseemedtheonlybondofunionamongtemperssodivergent.
