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Chapter 2

           Thecomplimentsofhisneighbourswereover;hewasnolongerteasedbybeingwishedjoyofsosorrowfulanevent;andthewedding-cake,whichhadbeenagreatdistresstohim,wasalleatup.Hisownstomachcouldbearnothingrich,andhecouldneverbelieveotherpeopletobedifferentfromhimself.Whatwasunwholesometohimheregardedasunfitforanybody;andhehad,therefore,earnestlytriedtodissuadethemfromhavinganywedding-cakeatall,andwhenthatprovedvain,asearnestlytriedtopreventanybody’seatingit.HehadbeenatthepainsofconsultingMr.Perry,theapothecary,onthesubject.Mr.Perrywasanintelligent,gentlemanlikeman,whosefrequentvisitswereoneofthecomfortsofMr.Woodhouse’slife;anduponbeingappliedto,hecouldnotbutacknowledge(thoughitseemedratheragainstthebiasofinclination)thatwedding-cakemightcertainlydisagreewithmanyperhapswithmostpeople,unlesstakenmoderately.Withsuchanopinion,inconfirmationofhisown,Mr.Woodhousehopedtoinfluenceeveryvisitorofthenewlymarriedpair;butstillthecakewaseaten;andtherewasnorestforhisbenevolentnervestillitwasallgone.

           TherewasastrangerumourinHighburyofallthelittlePerrysbeingseenwithasliceofMrs.Weston’swedding-cakeintheirhands:butMr.Woodhousewouldneverbelieveit.

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