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A Discovery

           "Notanideaofthem!""Thatperhaps,"Iwenton,"youwillexcusemyboldnessonthataccount.IthinkyououghtmostseriouslytoknowthatRichardispoorerthanhewas.""Dearme!"saidMr.Skimpole."SoamI,theytellme.""Andinveryembarrassedcircumstances.""Parallelcase,exactly!"saidMr.Skimpolewithadelightedcountenance."ThisatpresentnaturallycausesAdamuchsecretanxiety,andasIthinksheislessanxiouswhennoclaimsaremadeuponherbyvisitors,andasRichardhasoneuneasinessalwaysheavyonhismind,ithasoccurredtometotakethelibertyofsayingthatifyouwouldnot"Iwascomingtothepointwithgreatdifficultywhenhetookmebybothhandsandwitharadiantfaceandintheliveliestwayanticipatedit."Notgothere?Certainlynot,mydearMissSummerson,mostassuredlynot.WhySHOULDIgothere?WhenIgoanywhere,Igoforpleasure.Idon’tgoanywhereforpain,becauseIwasmadeforpleasure.PaincomestoMEwhenitwantsme.Now,IhavehadverylittlepleasureatourdearRichard’slately,andyourpracticalsagacitydemonstrateswhy.Ouryoungfriends,losingtheyouthfulpoetrywhichwasoncesocaptivatinginthem,begintothink,’Thisisamanwhowantspounds.’SoIam;Ialwayswantpounds;notformyself,butbecausetradespeoplealwayswantthemofme.Next,ouryoungfriendsbegintothink,becomingmercenary,’ThisisthemanwhoHADpounds,whoborrowedthem,’whichIdid.Ialwaysborrowpounds.Soouryoungfriends,reducedtoprose(whichismuchtoberegretted),degenerateintheirpowerofimpartingpleasuretome.

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