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Chapter 33. Mrs Merdle’s Complaint

           

           MrSparklerreferredtohispulseagain,andputhimselfthroughsomeseverementaldisciplinebeforehereplied:

           ‘FellersreferringtomyGovernor—expressionnotmyown—occasionallycomplimentmyGovernorinaveryhandsomewayonbeingimmenselyrichandknowing—perfectphenomenonofBuyerandBankerandthat—butsaytheShopsitsheavilyonhim.SayhecarriedtheShopabout,onhisbackrather—likeJewclothesmenwithtoomuchbusiness.’

           ‘Which,’saidMrsMerdle,rising,withherfloatingdraperyabouther,‘isexactlymycomplaint.Edmund,givemeyourarmup-stairs.’

           MrMerdle,leftalonetomeditateonabetterconformationofhimselftoSociety,lookedoutofninewindowsinsuccession,andappearedtoseeninewastesofspace.Whenhehadthusentertainedhimselfhewentdown-stairs,andlookedintentlyatallthecarpetsontheground-floor;andthencameup-stairsagain,andlookedintentlyatallthecarpetsonthefirst-floor;asiftheyweregloomydepths,inunisonwithhisoppressedsoul.Throughalltheroomshewandered,ashealwaysdid,likethelastpersononearthwhohadanybusinesstoapproachthem.LetMrsMerdleannounce,withallhermight,thatshewasatHomeeversomanynightsinaseason,shecouldnotannouncemorewidelyandunmistakablythanMrMerdledidthathewasneverathome.

           Atlasthemetthechiefbutler,thesightofwhichsplendidretaineralwaysfinishedhim.Extinguishedbythisgreatcreature,hesneakedtohisdressing-room,andthereremainedshutupuntilherodeouttodinner,withMrsMerdle,inherownhandsomechariot

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