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“ You are exceedingly hospitable , my dear sir ; and I owe you acknowledgments for exercising your hospitality towards a relative of mine . ” The funeral was ended now , and the churchyard was being cleared . “ Now you can see him , Mrs . Cadwallader , ” said Celia . “ He is just like a miniature of Mr . Casaubon’s aunt that hangs in Dorothea’s boudoir — quite nice - looking . ” “ A very pretty sprig , ” said Mrs . Cadwallader , dryly . “ What is your nephew to be , Mr . Casaubon ? ” “ Pardon me , he is not my nephew . He is my cousin . ” “ Well , you know , ” interposed Mr . Brooke , “ he is trying his wings . He is just the sort of young fellow to rise . I should be glad to give him an opportunity . He would make a good secretary , now , like Hobbes , Milton , Swift — that sort of man . ” “ I understand , ” said Mrs . Cadwallader . “ One who can write speeches . ” “ I’ll fetch him in now , eh , Casaubon ? ” said Mr . Brooke . “ He wouldn’t come in till I had announced him , you know . And we’ll go down and look at the picture . There you are to the life : a deep subtle sort of thinker with his fore - finger on the page , while Saint Bonaventure or somebody else , rather fat and florid , is looking up at the Trinity . Everything is symbolical , you know — the higher style of art : I like that up to a certain point , but not too far — it’s rather straining to keep up with , you know . But you are at home in that , Casaubon . And your painter’s flesh is good — solidity , transparency , everything of that sort . I went into that a great deal at one time . However , I’ll go and fetch Ladislaw . ” CHAPTER XXXV . “ Non , je ne comprends pas de plus charmant plaisir Que de voir d’héritiers une troupe affligée Le maintien interdit , et la mine allongée , Lire un long testament où pales , étonnés On leur laisse un bonsoir avec un pied de nez . Pour voir au naturel leur tristesse profonde Je reviendrais , je crois , exprès de l’autre monde . ” — REGNARD : Le Légataire Universel . When the animals entered the Ark in pairs , one may imagine that allied species made much private remark on each other , and were tempted to think that so many forms feeding on the same store of fodder were eminently superfluous , as tending to diminish the rations . ( I fear the part played by the vultures on that occasion would be too painful for art to represent , those birds being disadvantageously naked about the gullet , and apparently without rites and ceremonies . ) The same sort of temptation befell the Christian Carnivora who formed Peter Featherstone’s funeral procession ; most of them having their minds bent on a limited store which each would have liked to get the most of . The long - recognized blood - relations and connections by marriage made already a goodly number , which , multiplied by possibilities , presented a fine range for jealous conjecture and pathetic hopefulness .
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