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Mrs. Sparsit

           Sparsit’sjuvenilecareerwitheverypossibleadvantage,andshoweredwaggon-loadsofearlyrosesalloverthatlady’spath.‘Andyet,sir,’hewouldsay,‘howdoesitturnoutafterall?Whyheresheisatahundredayear(Igiveherahundred,whichsheispleasedtotermhandsome),keepingthehouseofJosiahBounderbyofCoketown!’

           Nay,hemadethisfoilofhissoverywidelyknown,thatthirdpartiestookitup,andhandleditonsomeoccasionswithconsiderablebriskness.ItwasoneofthemostexasperatingattributesofBounderby,thathenotonlysanghisownpraisesbutstimulatedothermentosingthem.Therewasamoralinfectionofclap-trapinhim.Strangers,modestenoughelsewhere,startedupatdinnersinCoketown,andboasted,inquitearampantway,ofBounderby.TheymadehimouttobetheRoyalarms,theUnion-Jack,MagnaCharta,JohnBull,HabeasCorpus,theBillofRights,AnEnglishman’shouseishiscastle,ChurchandState,andGodsavetheQueen,allputtogether.Andasoften(anditwasveryoften)asanoratorofthiskindbroughtintohisperoration,

           ‘Princesandlordsmayflourishormayfade,

           Abreathcanmakethem,asabreathhasmade,’

           itwas,forcertain,moreorlessunderstoodamongthecompanythathehadheardofMrs.Sparsit.

           ‘Mr.Bounderby,’saidMrs.Sparsit,‘youareunusuallyslow,sir,withyourbreakfastthismorning.

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