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Chapter 21. Mr Merdle’s Complaint

           MrMerdletookdownacountesswhowassecludedsomewhereinthecoreofanimmensedress,towhichshewasintheproportionofthehearttotheovergrowncabbage.Ifsolowasimilemaybeadmitted,thedresswentdownthestaircaselikearichlybrocadedJackintheGreen,andnobodyknewwhatsortofsmallpersoncarriedit.

           Societyhadeverythingitcouldwant,andcouldnotwant,fordinner.Ithadeverythingtolookat,andeverythingtoeat,andeverythingtodrink.Itistobehopeditenjoyeditself;forMrMerdle’sownshareoftherepastmighthavebeenpaidforwitheighteenpence.MrsMerdlewasmagnificent.Thechiefbutlerwasthenextmagnificentinstitutionoftheday.Hewasthestateliestmaninthecompany.Hedidnothing,buthelookedonasfewothermencouldhavedone.HewasMrMerdle’slastgifttoSociety.MrMerdledidn’twanthim,andwasputoutofcountenancewhenthegreatcreaturelookedathim;butinappeasableSocietywouldhavehim—andhadgothim.

           TheinvisiblecountesscarriedouttheGreenattheusualstageoftheentertainment,andthefileofbeautywasclosedupbythebosom.Treasurysaid,Juno.Bishopsaid,Judith.

           BarfellintodiscussionwithHorseGuardsconcerningcourts-martial.BrothersBellowsandBenchstruckin.Othermagnatespairedoff.MrMerdlesatsilent,andlookedatthetable-cloth.Sometimesamagnateaddressedhim,toturnthestreamofhisownparticulardiscussiontowardshim;butMrMerdleseldomgavemuchattentiontoit,ordidmorethanrousehimselffromhiscalculationsandpassthewine.

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