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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           YetthereweretwoorthreesmallairlesshousesattheentranceendofMewsStreet,whichwentatenormousrentsonaccountoftheirbeingabjecthangers-ontoafashionablesituation;andwheneveroneofthesefearfullittlecoopswastobelet(whichseldomhappened,fortheywereingreatrequest),thehouseagentadvertiseditasagentlemanlyresidenceinthemostaristocraticpartoftown,inhabitedsolelybytheeliteofthebeaumonde.

           IfagentlemanlyresidencecomingstrictlywithinthisnarrowmarginhadnotbeenessentialtothebloodoftheBarnacles,thisparticularbranchwouldhavehadaprettywideselectionamong,letussay,tenthousandhouses,offeringfiftytimestheaccommodationforathirdofthemoney.Asitwas,MrBarnacle,findinghisgentlemanlyresidenceextremelyinconvenientandextremelydear,alwayslaidit,asapublicservant,atthedoorofthecountry,andadduceditasanotherinstanceofthecountry’sparsimony.

           ArthurClennamcametoasqueezedhouse,witharamshacklebowedfront,littledingywindows,andalittledarkarealikeadampwaistcoat-pocket,whichhefoundtobenumbertwenty-four,MewsStreet,GrosvenorSquare.TothesenseofsmellthehousewaslikeasortofbottlefilledwithastrongdistillationofMews;andwhenthefootmanopenedthedoor,heseemedtotakethestopperout.

           ThefootmanwastotheGrosvenorSquarefootmen,whatthehousewastotheGrosvenorSquarehouses.Admirableinhisway,hiswaywasabackandabyeway.

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