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Chapter 33. Going!

           Still,withanunshakenconfidencethattheEnglishtonguewassomehowthemothertongueofthewholeworld,onlythepeopleweretoostupidtoknowit,MrMeaglesharanguedinnkeepersinthemostvolublemanner,enteredintoloudexplanationsofthemostcomplicatedsort,andutterlyrenouncedrepliesinthenativelanguageoftherespondents,onthegroundthattheywere‘allbosh.’Sometimesinterpreterswerecalledin;whomMrMeaglesaddressedinsuchidiomatictermsofspeech,asinstantlytoextinguishandshutup—whichmadethematterworse.Onabalanceoftheaccount,however,itmaybedoubtedwhetherhelostmuch;for,althoughhefoundnoproperty,hefoundsomanydebtsandvariousassociationsofdiscreditwiththepropername,whichwastheonlywordhemadeintelligible,thathewasalmosteverywhereoverwhelmedwithinjuriousaccusations.OnnofewerthanfouroccasionsthepolicewerecalledintoreceivedenunciationsofMrMeaglesasaKnightofIndustry,agood-for-nothing,andathief,allofwhichopprobriouslanguageheborewiththebesttemper(havingnoideawhatitmeant),andwasinthemostignominiousmannerescortedtosteam-boatsandpubliccarriages,tobegotridof,talkingallthewhile,likeacheerfulandfluentBritonashewas,withMotherunderhisarm.

           But,inhisowntongue,andinhisownhead,MrMeagleswasaclear,shrewd,perseveringman.Whenhehad‘workedround,’ashecalledit,toParisinhispilgrimage,andhadwhollyfailedinitsofar,hewasnotdisheartened.

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