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National and Domestic

           AtlastSirThomasDoodlehasnotonlycondescendedtocomein,buthasdoneithandsomely,bringinginwithhimallhisnephews,allhismalecousins,andallhisbrothers-in-law.Sothereishopefortheoldshipyet.Doodlehasfoundthathemustthrowhimselfuponthecountry,chieflyintheformofsovereignsandbeer.Inthismetamorphosedstateheisavailableinagoodmanyplacessimultaneouslyandcanthrowhimselfuponaconsiderableportionofthecountryatonetime.BritanniabeingmuchoccupiedinpocketingDoodleintheformofsovereigns,andswallowingDoodleintheformofbeer,andinswearingherselfblackinthefacethatshedoesneitherplainlytotheadvancementofhergloryandmoralitytheLondonseasoncomestoasuddenend,throughalltheDoodleitesandCoodleitesdispersingtoassistBritanniainthosereligiousexercises.HenceMrs.Rouncewell,housekeeperatChesneyWold,foresees,thoughnoinstructionshaveyetcomedown,thatthefamilymayshortlybeexpected,togetherwithaprettylargeaccessionofcousinsandotherswhocaninanywayassistthegreatConstitutionalwork.Andhencethestatelyolddame,takingTimebytheforelock,leadshimupanddownthestaircases,andalongthegalleriesandpassages,andthroughtherooms,towitnessbeforehegrowsanyolderthateverythingisready,thatfloorsarerubbedbright,carpetsspread,curtainsshakenout,bedspuffedandpatted,still-roomandkitchenclearedforactionallthingspreparedasbeseemstheDedlockdignity.Thispresentsummerevening,asthesungoesdown,thepreparationsarecomplete.

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