Chapter 20. Moving in Society

           

           IfYoungJohnChiveryhadhadtheinclinationandthepowertowriteasatireonfamilypride,hewouldhavehadnoneedtogoforanavengingillustrationoutofthefamilyofhisbeloved.Hewouldhavefounditamplyinthatgallantbrotherandthatdaintysister,sosteepedinmeanexperiences,andsoloftilyconsciousofthefamilyname;soreadytobegorborrowfromthepoorest,toeatofanybody’sbread,spendanybody’smoney,drinkfromanybody’scupandbreakitafterwards.Tohavepaintedthesordidfactsoftheirlives,andtheythroughoutinvokingthedeath’sheadapparitionofthefamilygentilitytocomeandscaretheirbenefactors,wouldhavemadeYoungJohnasatiristofthefirstwater.

           Tiphadturnedhislibertytohopefulaccountbybecomingabilliard-marker.Hehadtroubledhimselfsolittleastothemeansofhisrelease,thatClennamscarcelyneededtohavebeenatthepainsofimpressingthemindofMrPlornishonthatsubject.Whoeverhadpaidhimthecompliment,heveryreadilyacceptedthecomplimentwithhiscompliments,andtherewasanendofit.Issuingforthfromthegateontheseeasyterms,hebecameabilliard-marker;andnowoccasionallylookedinatthelittleskittle-groundinagreenNewmarketcoat(second-hand),withashiningcollarandbrightbuttons(new),anddrankthebeeroftheCollegians.

           Onesolidstationarypointintheloosenessofthisgentleman’scharacterwas,thatherespectedandadmiredhissisterAmy.

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