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Chapter 15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons

           Cardsofbreakfast-invitationweresentouttohalftheEnglishinthecityofRomulus;theotherhalfmadearrangementstobeunderarms,ascriticisingvolunteers,atvariousouterpointsofthesolemnity.ThemosthighandillustriousEnglishSignorEdgardoDorrit,camepostthroughthedeepmudandruts(fromformingasurfaceundertheimprovingNeapolitannobility),togracetheoccasion.Thebesthotelandallitsculinarymyrmidons,weresettoworktopreparethefeast.ThedraftsofMrDorritalmostconstitutedarunontheTorloniaBank.TheBritishConsulhadn’thadsuchamarriageinthewholeofhisConsularity.

           Thedaycame,andtheShe-WolfintheCapitolmighthavesnarledwithenvytoseehowtheIslandSavagescontrivedthesethingsnow-a-days.Themurderous-headedstatuesofthewickedEmperorsoftheSoldiery,whomsculptorshadnotbeenabletoflatteroutoftheirvillainoushideousness,mighthavecomeofftheirpedestalstorunawaywiththeBride.Thechokedoldfountain,whereerstthegladiatorswashed,mighthaveleapedintolifeagaintohonourtheceremony.TheTempleofVestamighthavesprungupanewfromitsruins,expresslytolenditscountenancetotheoccasion.Mighthavedone;butdidnot.Likesentientthings—evenlikethelordsandladiesofcreationsometimes—mighthavedonemuch,butdidnothing.

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