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be quick in putting the things together�察�and in getting out of this 

place。    It  were    in  vain   longer    to  conceal    from    you�察  �Tony�察   �that 

between myself and one of the members of a swanlike aristocracy 

whom       I  now    hold    in   my    hand�察   �there    has   been    undivulged 

communication and association。 The time might have been�察�when 

I   might   have   revealed   it   to   you。   It   never   will   be   more。   It   is   due 

alike to the oath I have taken�察�alike to the shattered idol�察�and alike 

to   circumstances   over   which   I   have   no   control�察      �that   the  whole 

should   be     buried    in  oblivion。   I  charge   you   as   a  friend�察  �by   the 

interest you have ever testified in the fashionable intelligence�察�and 

by    any   little  advances      with   which     I  may    have    been    able   to 

accommodate you�察�so to bury it without a word of inquiry� 院�

    This charge Mr Guppy delivers in a state little short of forensic 

lunacy�察�while his friend shows a dazed mind in his whole head of 

hair�察�and even in his cultivated whiskers。 



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                                Chapter 40 



                       National And Domestic 



          ngland has been in a dreadful state for some weeks。 Lord 

ECoodle   would   go  out�察  �Sir   Thomas   Doodle   wouldn¨t   come 

          in�察�and there being nobody in Great  Britain   ��to  speak   of�� 

except Coodle and Doodle�察�there has been no Government。 It is a 

mercy     that   the  hostile   meeting    between     those   two   great   men�察�

which at one time seemed inevitable�察�did not come off�察�because if 

both   pistols   had   taken   effect�察  �and   Coodle   and   Doodle   had   killed 

each other�察�it is to be presumed that England must have waited to 

be governed until young Coodle and young Doodle�察�now in frocks 

and    long   stockings�察   �were   grown     up。  This   stupendous      national 

calamity�察    �however�察    �was   averted    by  Lord    Coodle¨s    making     the 

timely discovery�察�that if in the heat of debate he had said that he 

scorned   and     despised    the   whole   ignoble    career   of  Sir  Thomas 

Doodle�察�he had merely meant to say that party differences should 

never   induce   him   to   withhold   from   it   the   tribute   of   his   warmest 

admiration�察�while it as opportunely turned out�察�on the other hand�察�

that Sir Thomas Doodle had   in   his  own   bosom   expressly booked 

Lord   Coodle   to   go   down   to   posterity   as   the   mirror   of   virtue   and 

honour。 Still England has been some weeks in the dismal strait of 

having no pilot ��as was well observed by Sir Leicester Dedlock�� to 

weather the storm�察�and the marvellous part of the matter is�察�that 

England   has   not   appeared   to   care   very   much   about   it�察  �but   has 

gone on eating and drinking and marrying and giving in marriage�察�

as the old world did in the days before the flood。 But Coodle knew 



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the   danger�察  �and  Doodle knew  the   danger�察  �and   all   their   followers 

and hangers´on had the clearest possible perception of the danger。 

At last Sir Thomas Doodle has not only condescended to come in�察�

but has done it handsomely�察�bringing in with him all his nephews�察�

all his male cousins�察�and all his brothers´in´law。 So there is   hope 

for the old ship yet。 

    Doodle      has   found     that   he   must     throw    himself     upon     the 

country!chiefly         in   the  form    of   sovereigns     and    beer。   In   this 

metamorphosed           state   he   is  available    in  a   good    many     places 

simultaneously�察       �and    can    throw     himself    upon     a  considerable 

portion of the country at one time。 Britannia being much occupied 

in   pocketing   Doodle   in   the   form   of   sovereigns�察  �and   swallowing 

Doodle   in   the   form   of   beer�察  �and   in   swearing   herself   black   in   the 

face    that  she   does    neither!plainly       to  the   advancement        of  her 

glory   and   morality!the   London   season   comes   to   a   sudden   end�察�

through      all  the   Doodleites     and   Coodleites      dispersing     to  assist 

Britannia in those religious exercises。 

    Hence Mrs Rouncewell housekeeper at Chesney Wold foresees�察�

though no instructions have yet  come   down�察  �that  the   family  may 

shortly     be  expected�察    �together     with   a  pretty   large   accession     of 

cousins      and    others     who    can    in   any    way    assist    the   great 

Constitutional work。 And hence the stately old dame�察�taking Time 

by the forelock�察�leads him up and down the staircases�察�and along 

the    galleries   and    passages     and   through     the   rooms�察   �to  witness 

before he grows any older that everything is ready�察�that floors are 

rubbed   bright�察  �carpets   spread�察  �curtains   shaken   out�察  �beds   puffed 

and   patted�察  �still´room   and   kitchen   cleared   for   action�察  �all   things 

prepared as beseems the Dedlock dignity。 

    This    present     summer      evening�察    �as  the   sun    goes   down�察    �the 



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preparations       are   complete。     Dreary     and    solemn     the  old   house 

looks�察    �with   so   many     appliances      of   habitation�察    �and    with    no 

inhabitants except the pictured forms upon the walls。 So did these 

come      and   go�察 �a   Dedlock     in  possession     might    have    ruminated 

passing along�察�so did they see this gallery hushed   and   quiet�察�as   I 

see it now�察�so think�察�as I think�察�of the gap that they would make in 

this domain when they were gone�察�so find it�察�as I find it�察�difficult to 

believe that it could be without them�察�so pass from my world�察�as I 

pass from theirs�察�now closing the reverberating door�察�so leave no 

blank     to  miss    them�察   �and    so  die。   Through      some     of  the   fiery 

windows�察�beautiful from without�察�and set�察�at this sunset hour�察�not 

in   dull   grey   stone    but   in  a   glorious    house    of  gold�察  �the   light 

excluded at the other windows pours in�察  �rich�察  �lavish�察  �overflowing 

like the summer plenty in the land。 Then do the frozen Dedlocks 

thaw。     Strange     movements        come     upon     their   features�察   �as   the 

shadows       of  leaves   play   there。    A  dense    Justice    in  a   corner    is 

beguiled into a wink。 A staring Baronet�察�with a truncheon�察�gets a 

dimple in   his   chin。   Down into  the   bosom   of  a   stony   shepherdess 

there steals a  fleck   of  light  and   warmth�察  �that  would   have   done it 

good   a   hundred   years   ago。   One   ancestress   of   Volumnia�察  �in   high´ 

heeled     shoes�察  �very    like  her!casting       the  shadow      of  that  virgin 

event   before   her   full   two   centuries!shoots   out   into   a   halo   and 

becomes   a   saint。   A   maid   of   honour   of   the   court   of   Charles   the 

Second�察�with large round eyes ��and other charms to correspond���察�

seems to bathe in glowing water�察�and it ripples as it glows。 

    But the fire of the sun is dying。 Even now the floor is dusky�察�and 

shadow slowly mounts the walls�察�bringing the Dedlocks down like 

age   and   death。   And   now�察  �upon   my   lady¨s   picture   over   the   great 

chimney´piece�察�a weird shade falls from some old tree�察�that turns it 



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pale�察�and flutters it�察�and looks as if a great arm held a veil or hood�察�

watching  an   opportunity   to   draw   it   over   her。   Higher   and   darker 

rises   shadow  on   the   wall!now   a   red   gloom   on   the   ceiling!now 

the fire is out。 

    All   that   prospect�察  �which   from   the   terrace   looked   so   near�察  �has 

moved   solemnly   away�察  �and   changed!not   the   first   or   the   last   of 

beautiful      things   that   look   so   near    and   will   so  change!into        a 

distant phantom。 Light mists arise�察�and the dew falls�察�and all   the 

sweet  scents in   the   garden are   heavy  in   the   air。   Now�察  �the   woods 

settle   into   great   masses   as   if   they   were   each   one   profound   tree。 

And   now  the   moon  rises�察 �to  separate   them�察  �and   to  glimmer   here 

and there is horizontal lines behind their stems�察�and to make the 

avenue       a   pavement       of   light    among      high    cathedral      arches 

fantastically broken。 

    Now�察�the moon is high�察�and the great house�察�needing habitation 

more than ever�察�is like a body without life。 Now�察�it is even awful�察�

stealing through it�察�to think of the live people who have slept in the 

solitary bedrooms�此�to say nothing of the dead。 Now is the time for 

shadow�察�when every corner is a cavern�察�and every downward step 

a   pit�察  �when   the   stained   glass   is   reflected   in   pale   and   faded   hues 

upon the floors�察�when anything and everything can be made of the 

heavy  staircase   beams   excepting   their   own   proper   shapes�察  �when 

the   armour   has   dull   lights   upon   it   not   easily   to   be   distinguished 

from stealthy movement�察�and when barred helmets are frightfully 

suggestive   of   heads   inside。   But�察  �

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