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Chapter 11
Doyounotthinkit,Stephen?Theosophostoldmeso,Stephenanswered,whominapreviousexistenceEgyptianpriestsinitiatedintothemysteriesofkarmiclaw.Thelordsofthemoon,Theosophostoldme,anorangefieryshiploadfromplanetAlphaofthelunarchainwouldnotassumetheethericdoublesandthesewerethereforeincarnatedbytherubycolouredegosfromthesecondconstellation.
However,asamatteroffactthough,thepreposteroussurmiseabouthimbeinginsomedescriptionofadoldrumsorotherormesmerisedwhichwasentirelyduetoamisconceptionoftheshallowestcharacter,wasnotthecaseatall.Theindividualwhosevisualorganswhiletheabovewasgoingonwereatthisjuncturecommencingtoexhibitsymptomsofanimationwasasastuteifnotastuterthananymanlivingandanybodythatconjecturedthecontrarywouldhavefoundthemselvesprettyspeedilyinthewrongshop.DuringthepastfourminutesorthereaboutshehadbeenstaringhardatacertainamountofnumberoneBassbottledbyMessrsBassandCoatBurton-on-Trentwhichhappenedtobesituatedamongstalotofothersrightoppositetowherehewasandwhichwascertainlycalculatedtoattractanyone’sremarkonaccountofitsscarletappearance.Hewassimplyandsolely,asitsubsequentlytranspiredforreasonsbestknowntohimself,whichputquiteanaltogetherdifferentcomplexionontheproceedings,afterthemomentbefore’sobservationsaboutboyhooddaysandtheturf,recollectingtwoorthreeprivatetransactionsofhisownwhichtheothertwowereasmutuallyinnocentofasthebabeunborn.
