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The Ironmaster

           Service,however(withafewlimitedreservations,genteelbutnotprofitable),theymaynotdo,beingoftheDedlockdignity.Sotheyvisittheirrichercousins,andgetintodebtwhentheycan,andlivebutshabbilywhentheycan’t,andfindthewomennohusbands,andthemennowivesandrideinborrowedcarriages,andsitatfeaststhatareneveroftheirownmaking,andsogothroughhighlife.Therichfamilysumhasbeendividedbysomanyfigures,andtheyarethesomethingoverthatnobodyknowswhattodowith.EverybodyonSirLeicesterDedlock’ssideofthequestionandofhiswayofthinkingwouldappeartobehiscousinmoreorless.FrommyLordBoodle,throughtheDukeofFoodle,downtoNoodle,SirLeicester,likeagloriousspider,stretcheshisthreadsofrelationship.ButwhileheisstatelyinthecousinshipoftheEverybodys,heisakindandgenerousman,accordingtohisdignifiedway,inthecousinshipoftheNobodys;andatthepresenttime,indespiteofthedamp,hestaysoutthevisitofseveralsuchcousinsatChesneyWoldwiththeconstancyofamartyr.Ofthese,foremostinthefrontrankstandsVolumniaDedlock,ayounglady(ofsixty)whoisdoublyhighlyrelated,havingthehonourtobeapoorrelation,bythemother’sside,toanothergreatfamily.MissVolumnia,displayinginearlylifeaprettytalentforcuttingornamentsoutofcolouredpaper,andalsoforsingingtotheguitarintheSpanishtongue,andpropoundingFrenchconundrumsincountryhouses,passedthetwentyyearsofherexistencebetweentwentyandfortyinasufficientlyagreeablemanner.

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