Chapter 16. Getting on

           

           Thenewlymarriedpair,ontheirarrivalinHarleyStreet,CavendishSquare,London,werereceivedbytheChiefButler.Thatgreatmanwasnotinterestedinthem,butonthewholeenduredthem.Peoplemustcontinuetobemarriedandgiveninmarriage,orChiefButlerswouldnotbewanted.Asnationsaremadetobetaxed,sofamiliesaremadetobebutlered.TheChiefButler,nodoubt,reflectedthatthecourseofnaturerequiredthewealthypopulationtobekeptup,onhisaccount.

           HethereforecondescendedtolookatthecarriagefromtheHall-doorwithoutfrowningatit,andsaid,inaveryhandsomeway,tooneofhismen,‘Thomas,helpwiththeluggage.’HeevenescortedtheBrideup-stairsintoMrMerdle’spresence;butthismustbeconsideredasanactofhomagetothesex(ofwhichhewasanadmirer,beingnotoriouslycaptivatedbythecharmsofacertainDuchess),andnotasacommittalofhimselfwiththefamily.

           MrMerdlewasslinkingaboutthehearthrug,waitingtowelcomeMrsSparkler.Hishandseemedtoretreatuphissleeveasheadvancedtodoso,andhegavehersuchasuperfluityofcoat-cuffthatitwaslikebeingreceivedbythepopularconceptionofGuyFawkes.

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