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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 �