Chapter 24. The Evening of a Long Day

           

           Thatillustriousmanandgreatnationalornament,MrMerdle,continuedhisshiningcourse.Itbegantobewidelyunderstoodthatonewhohaddonesocietytheadmirableserviceofmakingsomuchmoneyoutofit,couldnotbesufferedtoremainacommoner.Abaronetcywasspokenofwithconfidence;apeeragewasfrequentlymentioned.RumourhaditthatMrMerdlehadsethisgoldenfaceagainstabaronetcy;thathehadplainlyintimatedtoLordDecimusthatabaronetcywasnotenoughforhim;thathehadsaid,‘No—aPeerage,orplainMerdle.’ThiswasreportedtohaveplungedLordDecimusasnightohisnoblechininasloughofdoubtsassoloftyapersoncouldbesunk.FortheBarnacles,asagroupofthemselvesincreation,hadanideathatsuchdistinctionsbelongedtothem;andthatwhenasoldier,sailor,orlawyerbecameennobled,theylethimin,asitwere,byanactofcondescension,atthefamilydoor,andimmediatelyshutitagain.Notonly(saidRumour)hadthetroubledDecimushisownhereditarypartinthisimpression,buthealsoknewofseveralBarnacleclaimsalreadyonthefile,whichcameintocollisionwiththatofthemasterspirit.Rightorwrong,Rumourwasverybusy;andLordDecimus,whilehewas,orwassupposedtobe,instatelyexcogitationofthedifficulty,lenthersomecountenancebytaking,onseveralpublicoccasions,oneofthoseelephantinetrotsofhisthroughajungleofovergrownsentences,wavingMrMerdleaboutonhistrunkasGiganticEnterprise,TheWealthofEngland,Elasticity,Credit,Capital,Prosperity,andallmannerofblessings.

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