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Chapter 14. Taking Advice

           

           MrsMerdlecirculatedthenews,asshereceivedcongratulationsonit,withacarelessgracethatdisplayedittoadvantage,asthesettingdisplaysthejewel.Yes,shesaid,Edmundhadtakentheplace.MrMerdlewishedhimtotakeit,andhehadtakenit.ShehopedEdmundmightlikeit,butreallyshedidn’tknow.Itwouldkeephimintownagooddeal,andhepreferredthecountry.Still,itwasnotadisagreeableposition—anditwasaposition.TherewasnodenyingthatthethingwasacomplimenttoMrMerdle,andwasnotabadthingforEdmundifhelikedit.Itwasjustaswellthatheshouldhavesomethingtodo,anditwasjustaswellthatheshouldhavesomethingfordoingit.WhetheritwouldbemoreagreeabletoEdmundthanthearmy,remainedtobeseen.

           ThustheBosom;accomplishedintheartofseemingtomakethingsofsmallaccount,andreallyenhancingthemintheprocess.WhileHenryGowan,whomDecimushadthrownaway,wentthroughthewholeroundofhisacquaintancebetweentheGateofthePeopleandthetownofAlbano,vowing,almost(butnotquite)withtearsinhiseyes,thatSparklerwasthesweetest-tempered,simplest-hearted,altogethermostlovablejackassthatevergrazedonthepubliccommon;andthatonlyonecircumstancecouldhavedelightedhim(Gowan)more,thanhis(thebelovedjackass’s)gettingthispost,andthatwouldhavebeenhis(Gowan’s)gettingithimself.HesaiditwastheverythingforSparkler.

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