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Chapter 6. Something Right Somewhere

           

           Tomakeavauntofbeingpoorwasanotheroftheincidentsofhisspleneticstate,thoughthismayhavehadthedesigninitofshowingthatheoughttoberich;justashewouldpubliclylaudanddecrytheBarnacles,lestitshouldbeforgottenthathebelongedtothefamily.Howbeit,thesetwosubjectswereveryoftenonhislips;andhemanagedthemsowellthathemighthavepraisedhimselfbythemonthtogether,andnothavemadehimselfouthalfsoimportantamanashedidbyhislightdisparagementofhisclaimsonanybody’sconsideration.

           Outofthissameairytalkofhis,italwayssooncametobeunderstood,whereverheandhiswifewent,thathehadmarriedagainstthewishesofhisexaltedrelations,andhadhadmuchadotoprevailonthemtocountenanceher.Henevermadetherepresentation,onthecontraryseemedtolaughtheideatoscorn;butitdidhappenthat,withallhispainstodepreciatehimself,hewasalwaysinthesuperiorposition.Fromthedaysoftheirhoneymoon,MinnieGowanfeltsensibleofbeingusuallyregardedasthewifeofamanwhohadmadeadescentinmarryingher,butwhosechivalrousloveforherhadcancelledthatinequality.

           ToVenicetheyhadbeenaccompaniedbyMonsieurBlandoisofParis,andatVeniceMonsieurBlandoisofPariswasverymuchinthesocietyofGowan.

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