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Chapter 13. Patriarchal

           Othermotestherewerewhichshowedhimasaheavy,selfish,driftingBooby,who,havingstumbled,inthecourseofhisunwieldyjostlingsagainstothermen,onthediscoverythattogetthroughlifewitheaseandcredit,hehadbuttoholdhistongue,keepthebaldpartofhisheadwellpolished,andleavehishairalone,hadhadjustcunningenoughtoseizetheideaandsticktoit.Itwassaidthathisbeingtown-agenttoLordDecimusTiteBarnaclewasreferable,nottohishavingtheleastbusinesscapacity,buttohislookingsosupremelybenignantthatnobodycouldsupposethepropertyscrewedorjobbedundersuchaman;also,thatforsimilarreasonshenowgotmoremoneyoutofhisownwretchedlettings,unquestioned,thananybodywithalessnobbyandlessshiningcrowncouldpossiblyhavedone.Inaword,itwasrepresented(Clennamcalledtomind,aloneinthetickingparlour)thatmanypeopleselecttheirmodels,muchasthepainters,justnowmentioned,selecttheirs;andthat,whereasintheRoyalAcademysomeeviloldruffianofaDog-stealerwillannuallybefoundembodyingallthecardinalvirtues,onaccountofhiseyelashes,orhischin,orhislegs(therebyplantingthornsofconfusioninthebreastsofthemoreobservantstudentsofnature),so,inthegreatsocialExhibition,accessoriesareoftenacceptedinlieuoftheinternalcharacter.

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