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The Appointed Time

           ""Iwishitwas,"growlsTony,withoutchanginghisposition."Ishouldhavesomefashionableconversation,here,then."Findingbythistimethathisfriendisnottobewheedledintoamoresociablehumour,Mr.Guppyputsaboutupontheill-usedtackandremonstrateswithhim."Tony,"sayshe,"Icanmakeallowancesforlownessofspirits,fornomanknowswhatitiswhenitdoescomeuponamanbetterthanIdo,andnomanperhapshasabetterrighttoknowitthanamanwhohasanunrequitedimageimprintedonhis’eart.Butthereareboundstothesethingswhenanunoffendingpartyisinquestion,andIwillacknowledgetoyou,Tony,thatIdon’tthinkyourmanneronthepresentoccasionishospitableorquitegentlemanly.""Thisisstronglanguage,WilliamGuppy,"returnsMr.Weevle."Sir,itmaybe,"retortsMr.WilliamGuppy,"butIfeelstronglywhenIuseit."Mr.WeevleadmitsthathehasbeenwrongandbegsMr.WilliamGuppytothinknomoreaboutit.Mr.WilliamGuppy,however,havinggottheadvantage,cannotquitereleaseitwithoutalittlemoreinjuredremonstrance."No!Dashit,Tony,"saysthatgentleman,"youreallyoughttobecarefulhowyouwoundthefeelingsofamanwhohasanunrequitedimageimprintedonhis’eartandwhoisNOTaltogetherhappyinthosechordswhichvibratetothetenderestemotions.You,Tony,possessinyourselfallthatiscalculatedtocharmtheeyeandallurethetaste.Itisnothappilyforyou,perhaps,andImaywishthatIcouldsaythesameitisnotyourcharactertohoveraroundoneflower.

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