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Chapter 25. The Chief Butler Resigns the Seals of Office

           

           But,ataboutthetimeofHigh‘Change,Pressurebegantowane,andappallingwhisperstocirculate,east,west,north,andsouth.Atfirsttheywerefaint,andwentnofurtherthanadoubtwhetherMrMerdle’swealthwouldbefoundtobeasvastashadbeensupposed;whethertheremightnotbeatemporarydifficultyin‘realising’it;whethertheremightnotevenbeatemporarysuspension(sayamonthorso),onthepartofthewonderfulBank.Asthewhispersbecamelouder,whichtheydidfromthattimeeveryminute,theybecamemorethreatening.Hehadsprungfromnothing,bynonaturalgrowthorprocessthatanyonecouldaccountfor;hehadbeen,afterall,alow,ignorantfellow;hehadbeenadown-lookingman,andnoonehadeverbeenabletocatchhiseye;hehadbeentakenupbyallsortsofpeopleinquiteanunaccountablemanner;hehadneverhadanymoneyofhisown,hisventureshadbeenutterlyreckless,andhisexpenditurehadbeenmostenormous.Insteadyprogression,asthedaydeclined,thetalkroseinsoundandpurpose.HehadleftaletterattheBathsaddressedtohisphysician,andhisphysicianhadgottheletter,andtheletterwouldbeproducedattheInquestonthemorrow,anditwouldfalllikeathunderboltuponthemultitudehehaddeluded.Numbersofmenineveryprofessionandtradewouldbeblightedbyhisinsolvency;oldpeoplewhohadbeenineasycircumstancesalltheirliveswouldhavenoplaceofrepentancefortheirtrustinhimbuttheworkhouse;legionsofwomenandchildrenwouldhavetheirwholefuturedesolatedbythehandofthismightyscoundrel

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