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before   dinner。   Not   a   cousin   of   the   batch   but   is   amazed   to   hear 

from     Sir   Leicester察    at   breakfast     time察   of   the   obliteration     of 

landmarks察       and    opening      of   floodgates察    and    cracking      of   the 

framework   of  society察  manifested   through  Mrs   Rouncewell¨s   son。 



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Not a cousin of the batch but is really  indignant察  and  connects it 

with   the   feebleness   of   William   Buffy   when   in   office察  and   really 

does feel deprived of a stake in the country!or the pension list! 

or something!by fraud and wrong。 As to Volumnia察she is handed 

down   the   great   staircase   by   Sir   Leicester察  as   eloquent   upon   the 

theme察as if there were a general rising in the North of England to 

obtain her rouge´pot and pearl necklace。 And thus察with a clatter 

of maids and valets!for it is one appurtenance of their cousinship察

that   however   difficult   they   may   find   it   to   keep   themselves察  they 

must     keep    maids    and   valets!the       cousins    disperse    to   the  four 

winds of heaven察and the one wintry wind that blows today shakes 

a   shower   from   the     trees   near   the   deserted     house察   as   if  all   the 

cousins had been changed into leaves。 



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                               Chapter 29 



                            The Young Man 



         hesney     Wold    is  shut   up察 carpets   are   rolled  into   great 

         scrolls    in  corners   of  comfortless    rooms察   bright   damask 

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         does penance in brown   holland察carving and   gilding  puts 

on mortification察and the Dedlock ancestors retire from the light of 

day again。 Around and around the house the leaves fall thick!but 

never fast察for they come circling down with a dead lightness that 

is sombre and slow。 Let the gardener sweep and sweep the turf as 

he will察and press the leaves into full barrows察and wheel them off察

still   they   lie  ankle´deep。  Howls    the  shrill  wind   round    Chesney 

Wold察the sharp rain beats察the windows rattle察and the chimneys 

growl。 Mists hide in the avenues察veil the points of view察and move 

in funeral wise across the rising grounds。 On all the house there is 

a   cold察  blank  smell察 like  the   smell  of  the  little  church察  though 

something   dryer此  suggesting   that   the   dead   and   buried   Dedlocks 

walk there察in the long nights察and leave the flavour of their graves 

behind them。 

   But   the   house   in   town察  which   is   rarely   in   the   same   mind   as 

Chesney Wold at the same time察seldom rejoicing when it rejoices察

or mourning when it mourns察excepting when a Dedlock dies察the 

house   in   town   shines   out   awakened。   As   warm   and   bright   as   so 

much state   may  be察 as  delicately  redolent  of  pleasant  scents  that 

bear no trace of winter as hothouse flowers can make it察soft and 

hushed察so that the ticking of the clocks and the crisp burning of 

the fires alone disturb the stillness in the rooms察it seems to wrap 



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those   chilled   bones   of   Sir   Leicester¨s   in   rainbow´coloured   wool。 

And Sir Leicester is glad to repose in dignified contentment before 

the great fire in the library察condescendingly perusing the backs of 

his books察or honouring the fine arts with a glance of approbation。 

For he has his pictures察ancient and modern。 Some察of the Fancy 

Ball   School   in   which   Art   occasionally   condescends   to   become   a 

master察  which   would   be   best   catalogued   like   the   miscellaneous 

articles in a sale。 As察 Three high´backed chairs察a table and cover察

long´necked        bottle   containing      wine察   one    flask察  one   Spanish 

female¨s     costume察     three´quarter      face   portrait   of  Miss    Jogg    the 

model察  and   a   suit   of   armour   containing   Don   Quixote。 ̄   Or察   One 

stone     terrace   cracked察    one   gondola   in   distance察    one   Venetian 

senator¨s dress complete察richly embroidered white satin costume 

with profile portrait of Miss Jogg the model察one scimeter superbly 

mounted   in   gold   with   jewelled   handle察  elaborate   Moorish   dress 

very rare察and Othello。 ̄ 

    Mr Tulkinghorn comes and goes pretty often察there being estate 

business to do察leases to be renewed察and so on。 He sees my Lady 

pretty     often察  too察  and    he   and    she   are   as   composed察     and    as 

indifferent察and   take as little   heed   of   one   another察  as   ever。   Yet  it 

may   be     that   my   Lady    fears   this  Mr    Tulkinghorn察      and   that   he 

knows   it。   It   may   be   that   he   pursues   her   doggedly   and   steadily察

with no touch of compunction察remorse察or pity。 It may be that her 

beauty察and all the state and brilliancy surrounding her察only gives 

him the greater zest for what he is   set  upon察  and makes   him   the 

more      inflexible   in   it。  Whether     he   be  cold   and    cruel察  whether 

immovable   in   what   he   has   made   his   duty察  whether   absorbed   in 

love  of  power察  whether  determined   to  have  nothing   hidden   from 

him in ground where he has burrowed among secrets all his  life察



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whether   he   in   his   heart   despises   the   splendour   of   which   he   is   a 

distant     beam察    whether      he   is  always    treasuring      up   slights    and 

offences   in   the   affability   of   his   gorgeous   clients!whether   he   be 

any of this察or all of this察it may be that my Lady had better have 

five   thousand   pairs   of   fashionable   eyes   upon   her察  in   distrustful 

vigilance察than the two eyes of this rusty lawyer察with his wisp of 

neckcloth   and   his   dull   black   breeches   tied   with   ribbons   at   the 

knees。 

    Sir  Leicester   sits   in   my   Lady¨s   room!that   room   in   which   Mr 

Tulkinghorn         read     the   affidavit     in   Jarndyce      and     Jarndyce! 

particularly complacent。 My Lady!as on that day!sits before the 

fire   with    her   screen     in  her   hand。     Sir  Leicester     is  particularly 

complacent察        because      he   has    found     in   his    newspaper        some 

congenial       remarks      bearing     directly    on   the   floodgates      and   the 

framework of society。 They apply so happily to the late case察that 

Sir    Leicester     has    come     from    the   library    to   my    Lady¨s     room 

expressly  to  read  them   aloud。   ^The man   who  wrote   this   article察院

he  observes   by   way   of   preface察 nodding   at   the   fire   as   if   he   were 

nodding   down   at   the   man   from   a   Mount察   has   a   well´balanced 

mind。 ̄ 

    The   man¨s   mind   is  not  so  well balanced  but  that  he   bores   my 

Lady察  who察     after   a  languid     effort   to   listen察 or   rather   a   languid 

resignation   of  herself  to  a show  of  listening察  becomes   distraught察

and  falls  into a   contemplation   of   the   fire   as   if  it   were   her   fire   at 

Chesney       Wold察    and   she    had   never 

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