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Chapter 16. Nobody’s Weakness

           Itwasjustlargeenough,andnomore;wasasprettywithinasitwaswithout,andwasperfectlywell-arrangedandcomfortable.Sometracesofthemigratoryhabitsofthefamilyweretobeobservedinthecoveredframesandfurniture,andwrapped-uphangings;butitwaseasytoseethatitwasoneofMrMeagles’swhimstohavethecottagealwayskept,intheirabsence,asiftheywerealwayscomingbackthedayafterto-morrow.Ofarticlescollectedonhisvariousexpeditions,therewassuchavastmiscellanythatitwaslikethedwellingofanamiableCorsair.TherewereantiquitiesfromCentralItaly,madebythebestmodernhousesinthatdepartmentofindustry;bitsofmummyfromEgypt(andperhapsBirmingham);modelgondolasfromVenice;modelvillagesfromSwitzerland;morselsoftesselatedpavementfromHerculaneumandPompeii,likepetrifiedmincedveal;ashesoutoftombs,andlavaoutofVesuvius;Spanishfans,Spezzianstrawhats,Moorishslippers,Tuscanhairpins,Carrarasculpture,Trastaveriniscarves,Genoesevelvetsandfiligree,Neapolitancoral,Romancameos,Genevajewellery,Arablanterns,rosariesblestallroundbythePopehimself,andaninfinitevarietyoflumber.Therewereviews,likeandunlike,ofamultitudeofplaces;andtherewasonelittlepicture-roomdevotedtoafewoftheregularstickyoldSaints,withsinewslikewhipcord,hairlikeNeptune’s,wrinklesliketattooing,andsuchcoatsofvarnishthateveryholypersonageservedforafly-trap,andbecamewhatisnowcalledinthevulgartongueaCatch-em-aliveO.

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