Chapter 8. The Dowager Mrs Gowan is reminded that ‘It Never Does’

           

           WhilethewatersofVeniceandtheruinsofRomeweresunningthemselvesforthepleasureoftheDorritfamily,andweredailybeingsketchedoutofallearthlyproportion,lineament,andlikeness,bytravellingpencilsinnumerable,thefirmofDoyceandClennamhammeredawayinBleedingHeartYard,andthevigorousclinkofironuponironwasheardtherethroughtheworkinghours.

           Theyoungerpartnerhad,bythistime,broughtthebusinessintosoundtrim;andtheelder,leftfreetofollowhisowningeniousdevices,haddonemuchtoenhancethecharacterofthefactory.Asaningeniousman,hehadnecessarilytoencountereverydiscouragementthattherulingpowersforalengthoftimehadbeenablebyanymeanstoputinthewayofthisclassofculprits;butthatwasonlyreasonableself-defenceinthepowers,sinceHowtodoitmustobviouslyberegardedasthenaturalandmortalenemyofHownottodoit.Inthiswastobefoundthebasisofthewisesystem,bytoothandnailupheldbytheCircumlocutionOffice,ofwarningeveryingeniousBritishsubjecttobeingeniousathisperil:ofharassinghim,obstructinghim,invitingrobbers(bymakinghisremedyuncertain,andexpensive)toplunderhim,andatthebestofconfiscatinghispropertyafterashorttermofenjoyment,asthoughinventionwereonaparwithfelony.ThesystemhaduniformlyfoundgreatfavourwiththeBarnacles,andthatwasonlyreasonable,too;foronewhoworthilyinventsmustbeinearnest,andtheBarnaclesabhorredanddreadednothinghalfsomuch.

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