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Chapter 12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden

           

           MrsMerdlehadwrittentothismagnificentspouseofhers,whomitwasheresytoregardasanythinglessthanalltheBritishMerchantssincethedaysofWhittingtonrolledintoone,andgildedthreefeetdeepallover—hadwrittentothisspouseofhers,severallettersfromRome,inquicksuccession,urginguponhimwithimportunitythatnoworneverwasthetimetoprovideforEdmundSparkler.MrsMerdlehadshownhimthatthecaseofEdmundwasurgent,andthatinfiniteadvantagesmightresultfromhishavingsomegoodthingdirectly.InthegrammarofMrsMerdle’sverbsonthismomentoussubject,therewasonlyonemood,theImperative;andthatMoodhadonlyoneTense,thePresent.MrsMerdle’sverbsweresopressinglypresentedtoMrMerdletoconjugate,thathissluggishbloodandhislongcoat-cuffsbecamequiteagitated.

           Inwhichstateofagitation,MrMerdle,evasivelyrollinghiseyesroundtheChiefButler’sshoeswithoutraisingthemtotheindexofthatstupendouscreature’sthoughts,hadsignifiedtohimhisintentionofgivingaspecialdinner:notaverylargedinner,butaveryspecialdinner.TheChiefButlerhadsignified,inreturn,thathehadnoobjectiontolookonatthemostexpensivethinginthatwaythatcouldbedone;andthedayofthedinnerwasnowcome.

           MrMerdlestoodinoneofhisdrawing-rooms,withhisbacktothefire,waitingforthearrivalofhisimportantguests.Heseldomornevertookthelibertyofstandingwithhisbacktothefireunlesshewasquitealone.InthepresenceoftheChiefButler,hecouldnothavedonesuchadeed.

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