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among them。 

    All the mirrors in the house are brought into action now此many 

of them after a long blank。 They reflect handsome faces察simpering 

faces察   youthful    faces察  faces   of  threescore´and´ten        that   will  not 

submit to be old察  the   entire   collection   of  faces   that  have   come   to 



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pass   a   January   week      or   two   at  Chesney     Wold察   and    which    the 

fashionable   intelligence察  a   mighty   hunter   before   the   Lord察  hunts 

with a keen scent察from their breaking cover at the Court of Saint 

James¨s       to  their    being    run    down     to   Death。     The    place    in 

Lincolnshire is all alive。 By day察guns and voices are heard ringing 

in   the   woods察   horsemen   and       carriages    enliven    the   park   roads察

servants      and   hangers´on      pervade     the   Village   and    the  Dedlock 

Arms。 Seen by night察from distant openings in the trees察the row of 

windows       in  the   long   drawing´room察       where     my   Lady¨s     picture 

hangs over the great chimney´piece察is like a row of jewels set in a 

black frame。 On Sunday察the chill little church is almost  warmed 

by    so   much     gallant   company察     and    the  general     flavour    of  the 

Dedlock dust is quenched in delicate perfumes。 

    The brilliant and distinguished circle comprehends within it察no 

contracted amount  of   education察  sense察  courage察  honour察  beauty察

and     virtue。   Yet   there   is  something      a  little  wrong    about    it察 in 

despite of its immense advantages。 What can it be拭

    Dandyism拭  There   is   no   King   George   the   Fourth   now   more¨s 

the   pity。   to   set   the   dandy   fashion察  there   are   no   clear´starched 

jack´towel   neckcloths察  no  short´waisted   coats察  no   false   calves察  no 

stays。   There   are   no  caricatures察  now察  of   effeminate   Exquisites   so 

arrayed察swooning in opera boxes with excess of delight察and being 

revived      by   other   dainty    creatures察    poking     long´necked      scent´ 

bottles at their noses。 There is no beau whom it takes four men at 

once     to  shake    into   his  buckskins察    or   who    goes   to  see   all  the 

executions察  or   who   is   troubled   with   the   self´reproach   of   having 

once consumed a pea。 But is there Dandyism in the brilliant and 

distinguished        circle    notwithstanding察       Dandyism        of   a   more 

mischievous sort察that has got below the surface and is doing less 



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harmless   things   than        jack´towelling   itself    and   stopping   its    own 

digestion察to which no rational person need particularly object拭

    Why察  yes。   It  cannot be   disguised。   There are察  at   Chesney   Wold 

this    January     week察   some     ladies   and    gentlemen       of  the   newest 

fashion察  who   have   set   up   a   Dandyism!in   Religion察  for   instance。 

Who察in mere lackadaisical want of an emotion察have agreed upon 

a   little   dandy   talk   about   the   Vulgar   wanting   faith   in      things   in 

general察  meaning察  in   the   things   that   have   been   tried   and   found 

wanting察as though a low fellow should unaccountably lose faith in 

a   bad   shilling察  after   finding   it   out   Who   would   make   the   Vulgar 

very picturesque and faithful察by putting back the hands upon the 

Clock of Time察and cancelling a few hundred years of history。 

    There are also ladies and gentlemen of another fashion察not so 

new察but very elegant察who have agreed to put a smooth glaze on 

the world察and to keep down all its realities。 For whom everything 

must   be   languid   and   pretty。   Who   have   found   out   the   perpetual 

stoppage。 Who are to rejoice at nothing察and be sorry for nothing。 

Who   are   not   to   be   disturbed   by   ideas。   On   whom   even   the   Fine 

Arts察  attending   in   powder   and   walking   backward   like   the   Lord 

Chamberlain察must array themselves in the milliners¨ and tailors¨ 

patterns of past generations察and be particularly careful not to be 

in earnest察or to receive any impress from the moving age。 

    Then there is my Lord Boodle察of considerable reputation with 

his party who has known what office is察and who tells Sir Leicester 

Dedlock   with   much   gravity察  after   dinner察  that   he   really   does   not 

see   to   what   the   present   age   is   tending。   A   debate   is   not   what   a 

debate   used   to   be察  the   House   is   not   what   the   House   used   to   be察

even   a   Cabinet   is   not   what   it   formerly   was。   He   perceives       with 

astonishment察        that   supposing      the    present     Government        to   be 



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overthrown察the limited choice of the Crown察in the formation of a 

new   Ministry察  would   lie   between   Lord   Coodle   and   Sir   Thomas 

Doodle!supposing  it  to  be impossible   for  the   Duke   of  Foodle   to 

act    with   Goodle察    which     may    be   assumed      to   be   the   case   in 

consequence of the breach arising out  of  that  affair  with  Hoodle。 

Then察  giving   the   Home   Department   and   the   Leadership              of   the 

House      of  Commons        to  Joodle察   the   Exchequer       to  Koodle察    the 

Colonies   to   Loodle察  and   the   Foreign   Office   to   Moodle察  what   are 

you to do with Noodle拭You can¨t offer him the Presidency of the 

Council察  that   is   reserved     for   Poodle。   You   can¨t   put   him    in  the 

Woods and Forests察that is hardly good enough for Quoodle。 What 

follows拭That the country is shipwrecked察lost察and gone to pieces 

as   is   made   manifest   to   the   patriotism   of   Sir   Leicester   Dedlock察

because you can¨t provide for Noodle 

    On the other hand察the Right Honourable William Buffy察M。P。察

contends across the table with some one else察that the shipwreck 

of   the   country!about        which     there   is  no   doubt察   it  is  only  the 

manner of it that is in question!is attributable to Cuffy。 If you had 

done with Cuffy what you ought to have done when he first came 

into Parliament察and had prevented him from going over to Duffy察

you   would   have   got   him   into   an   alliance   with   Fuffy察  you   would 

have   had   with   you   the   weight   attaching   as   a     smart   debater   to 

Guffy察  you   would      have   brought   to   bear   upon     the   elections    the 

wealth   of   Huffy察  you   would   have   got   in   for   three   counties   Juffy察

Kuffy察    and     Luffy察   and    you    would     have     strengthened       your 

administration by the official knowledge and the business habits of 

Muffy。 All this察instead of being as you now are察dependent on the 

mere caprice of Puffy 

    As    to  this   point察  and    as  to  some     minor     topics察  there    are 



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differences of opinion察but it is perfectly clear to the brilliant and 

distinguished       circle察  all  round察   that  nobody      is  in  question     but 

Boodle and his retinue察and Buffy and his retinue。 These are   the 

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