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Chapter 34. A Shoal of Barnacles

           TheseBarnaclespercheduponstaircasesandhidinpassages,waitingtheirorderstomakehousesornottomakehouses;andtheydidalltheirhearing,andohing,andcheering,andbarking,underdirectionsfromtheheadsofthefamily;andtheyputdummymotionsonthepaperinthewayofothermen’smotions;andtheystalleddisagreeablesubjectsoffuntillateinthenightandlateinthesession,andthenwithvirtuouspatriotismcriedoutthatitwastoolate;andtheywentdownintothecountry,whenevertheyweresent,andsworethatLordDecimushadrevivedtradefromaswoon,andcommercefromafit,andhaddoubledtheharvestofcorn,quadrupledtheharvestofhay,andpreventednoendofgoldfromflyingoutoftheBank.AlsotheseBarnaclesweredealt,bytheheadsofthefamily,likesomanycardsbelowthecourt-cards,topublicmeetingsanddinners;wheretheyboretestimonytoallsortsofservicesonthepartoftheirnobleandhonourablerelatives,andbutteredtheBarnaclesonallsortsoftoasts.Andtheystood,undersimilarorders,atallsortsofelections;andtheyturnedoutoftheirownseats,ontheshortestnoticeandthemostunreasonableterms,toletinothermen;andtheyfetchedandcarried,andtoadiedandjobbed,andcorrupted,andateheapsofdirt,andwereindefatigableinthepublicservice.

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