Chapter 37

           Mr.Bumblesatintheworkhouseparlour,withhiseyesmoodilyfixedonthecheerlessgrate,whence,asitwassummertime,nobrightergleamproceeded,thanthereflectionofcertainsicklyraysofthesun,whichweresentbackfromitscoldandshiningsurface.Apaperfly-cagedangledfromtheceiling,towhichheoccasionallyraisedhiseyesingloomythought;and,astheheedlessinsectshoveredroundthegaudynet-work,Mr.Bumblewouldheaveadeepsigh,whileamoregloomyshadowoverspreadhiscountenance.Mr.Bumblewasmeditating;itmightbethattheinsectsbroughttomind,somepainfulpassageinhisownpastlife.

           NorwasMr.Bumble’sgloomtheonlythingcalculatedtoawakenapleasingmelancholyinthebosomofaspectator.Therewerenotwantingotherappearances,andthosecloselyconnectedwithhisownperson,whichannouncedthatagreatchangehadtakenplaceinthepositionofhisaffairs.Thelacedcoat,andthecockedhat;wherewerethey?Hestillworeknee-breeches,anddarkcottonstockingsonhisnetherlimbs;buttheywerenotTHEbreeches.Thecoatwaswide-skirted;andinthatrespectlikeTHEcoat,but,ohhowdifferent!Themightycockedhatwasreplacedbyamodestroundone.Mr.Bumblewasnolongerabeadle.

           Therearesomepromotionsinlife,which,independentofthemoresubstantialrewardstheyoffer,requirepeculiarvalueanddignityfromthecoatsandwaistcoatsconnectedwiththem.Afield-marshalhashisuniform;abishophissilkapron;acounsellorhissilkgown;abeadlehiscockedhat.

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