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           Disciplinemustbemaintained."Thegreaterpartofthehouseisshutup,anditisashow-housenolonger;yetSirLeicesterholdshisshrunkenstateinthelongdrawing-roomforallthat,andreposesinhisoldplacebeforemyLady’spicture.Closedinbynightwithbroadscreens,andilluminedonlyinthatpart,thelightofthedrawing-roomseemsgraduallycontractinganddwindlinguntilitshallbenomore.Alittlemore,intruth,anditwillbeallextinguishedforSirLeicester;andthedampdoorinthemausoleumwhichshutssotight,andlookssoobdurate,willhaveopenedandreceivedhim.Volumnia,growingwiththeflightoftimepinkerastotheredinherface,andyellowerastothewhite,readstoSirLeicesterinthelongeveningsandisdriventovariousartificestoconcealheryawns,ofwhichthechiefandmostefficaciousistheinsertionofthepearlnecklacebetweenherrosylips.Long-windedtreatisesontheBuffyandBoodlequestion,showinghowBuffyisimmaculateandBoodlevillainous,andhowthecountryislostbybeingallBoodleandnoBuffy,orsavedbybeingallBuffyandnoBoodle(itmustbeoneofthetwo,andcannotbeanythingelse),arethestapleofherreading.SirLeicesterisnotparticularwhatitisanddoesnotappeartofollowitveryclosely,furtherthanthathealwayscomesbroadawakethemomentVolumniaventurestoleaveoff,andsonorouslyrepeatingherlastwords,begswithsomedispleasuretoknowifshefindsherselffatigued.

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