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Chapter 12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden

           ThiseminentgentlemanandMrMerdle,seateddiversewaysandwithruminatingaspectsonayellowottomaninthelightofthefire,holdingnoverbalcommunicationwitheachother,boreastronggeneralresemblancetothetwocowsintheCuyppictureoveragainstthem.

           Butnow,LordDecimusarrived.TheChiefButler,whouptothistimehadlimitedhimselftoabranchofhisusualfunctionbylookingatthecompanyastheyentered(andthat,withmoreofdefiancethanfavour),puthimselfsofaroutofhiswayastocomeup-stairswithhimandannouncehim.LordDecimusbeinganoverpoweringpeer,abashfulyoungmemberoftheLowerHousewhowasthelastfishbutonecaughtbytheBarnacles,andwhohadbeeninvitedonthisoccasiontocommemoratehiscapture,shuthiseyeswhenhisLordshipcamein.

           LordDecimus,nevertheless,wasgladtoseetheMember.HewasalsogladtoseeMrMerdle,gladtoseeBishop,gladtoseeBar,gladtoseePhysician,gladtoseeTiteBarnacle,gladtoseeChorus,gladtoseeFerdinandhisprivatesecretary.LordDecimus,thoughoneofthegreatestoftheearth,wasnotremarkableforingratiatorymanners,andFerdinandhadcoachedhimuptothepointofnoticingallthefellowshemightfindthere,andsayinghewasgladtoseethem.Whenhehadachievedthisrushofvivacityandcondescension,hisLordshipcomposedhimselfintothepictureafterCuyp,andmadeathirdcowinthegroup.

           Bar,whofeltthathehadgotalltherestofthejuryandmustnowlayholdoftheForeman,sooncamesidlingup,doubleeye-glassinhand.

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