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Chapter 11

           "First,havingatthetimeofthecholeradistinguishedmyselfbyaboundlessdevotion;second,byhavingpublished,atmyexpense,variousworksofpublicutility,suchas"(andherecalledhispamphletentitled,"Cider,itsmanufactureandeffects,"besidesobservationonthelanigerousplant-louse,senttotheAcademy;hisvolumeofstatistics,anddowntohispharmaceuticalthesis);"withoutcountingthatIamamemberofseverallearnedsocieties"(hewasmemberofasingleone).

           "Inshort!"hecried,makingapirouette,"ifitwereonlyfordistinguishingmyselfatfires!"

           ThenHomaisinclinedtowardstheGovernment.Hesecretlydidtheprefectgreatserviceduringtheelections.Hesoldhimselfinaword,prostitutedhimself.Heevenaddressedapetitiontothesovereigninwhichheimploredhimto"dohimjustice";hecalledhim"ourgoodking,"andcomparedhimtoHenriIV.

           Andeverymorningthedruggistrushedforthepapertoseeifhisnominationwereinit.Itwasneverthere.Atlast,unabletobearitanylonger,hehadagrassplotinhisgardendesignedtorepresenttheStaroftheCrossofHonourwithtwolittlestripsofgrassrunningfromthetoptoimitatetheribband.Hewalkedrounditwithfoldedarms,meditatingonthefollyoftheGovernmentandtheingratitudeofmen.

           Fromrespect,orfromasortofsensualitythatmadehimcarryonhisinvestigationsslowly,CharleshadnotyetopenedthesecretdrawerofarosewooddeskwhichEmmahadgenerallyused.

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