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Chapter 24

           HowmanyIseeandknowto-dayamongtheworshippersoffashionandfrivolitywhoareactingpreciselyasIactedthen!Indifferenttothewelfareofeveryonesavethemselves,grudgingeverypennythatisnotspentontheirownadvantageoramusement,andtoocalloustoevenlistentothesorrowsordifficultiesorjoysofotherswhenthesedonotinsomeway,nearorremote,touchtheirowninterests,theywastetheirtimedayafterdayinselfishtrifling,wilfullyblindandunconscioustothefactthattheyarebuildinguptheirownfateinthefuturethatfuturewhichwillproveallthemoreaterribleRealityinproportiontotheextentofourpresumptionindaringtodoubtitstruth.

           Morethanfourhundredguestssatdowntosupperinthelargestpavilionasupperservedinthemostcostlymannerandfurnishedwithluxuriesthatrepresentedtheutmostpitchofextravagance.Iateanddrank,withSybilatmyside,hardlyknowingwhatIsaidordidinthewhirlingexcitementofthehourtheopeningofchampagne-bottles,theclinkofglasses,theclatterofplates,theloudhumoftalkinterspersedwithmonkey-likesquealsorgoat-likewhinniesoflaughter,over-riddenatintervalsbytheblareoftrumpet-musicanddrumsallthesesoundswereassomuchnoiseofrushingwatersinmyearsandIoftenfoundmyselfgrowingabstractedandinamannerconfusedbythedin.IdidnotsaymuchtoSibylonecannotverywellwhispersentimentalnothingsintheearofone’sbetrothedwhensheiseatingortolansandtruffles.

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