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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