National and Domestic

           Englandhasbeeninadreadfulstateforsomeweeks.LordCoodlewouldgoout,SirThomasDoodlewouldn’tcomein,andtherebeingnobodyinGreatBritain(tospeakof)exceptCoodleandDoodle,therehasbeennogovernment.Itisamercythatthehostilemeetingbetweenthosetwogreatmen,whichatonetimeseemedinevitable,didnotcomeoff,becauseifbothpistolshadtakeneffect,andCoodleandDoodlehadkilledeachother,itistobepresumedthatEnglandmusthavewaitedtobegoverneduntilyoungCoodleandyoungDoodle,nowinfrocksandlongstockings,weregrownup.Thisstupendousnationalcalamity,however,wasavertedbyLordCoodle’smakingthetimelydiscoverythatifintheheatofdebatehehadsaidthathescornedanddespisedthewholeignoblecareerofSirThomasDoodle,hehadmerelymeanttosaythatpartydifferencesshouldneverinducehimtowithholdfromitthetributeofhiswarmestadmiration;whileitasopportunelyturnedout,ontheotherhand,thatSirThomasDoodlehadinhisownbosomexpresslybookedLordCoodletogodowntoposterityasthemirrorofvirtueandhonour.StillEnglandhasbeensomeweeksinthedismalstraitofhavingnopilot(aswaswellobservedbySirLeicesterDedlock)toweatherthestorm;andthemarvellouspartofthematteristhatEnglandhasnotappearedtocareverymuchaboutit,buthasgoneoneatinganddrinkingandmarryingandgivinginmarriageastheoldworlddidinthedaysbeforetheflood.ButCoodleknewthedanger,andDoodleknewthedanger,andalltheirfollowersandhangers-onhadtheclearestpossibleperceptionofthedanger.

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