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"No, I shall probably do a much more commonplace thing; come back here and take orders." "Take orders! You! You can no more swallow the thirty-nine articles than I can eat Twisleton's dinner." "A man never knows what he can do till he tries. A great deal of good may be done by a clergyman if he be in earnest and not too much wedded to the Church of England.
Parker's champagne makes my head buzz: let us take a walk up the river; Twisleton's idea of going to dinner requires far too much pluck for me." And so they walked out along the towing-path, discussing many things of much importance to them. "There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."
Twisleton's so disgusted at getting a fourth. He says he won't take it, and swears he'll make them let him go out in the ruck." "He's got as much as he thought he'd get, at any rate, and therefore he can't be unhappy." "Unhappy! who's unhappy? Nonsense, my dear fellow. Shy all that to the dogs. Come, let's go over to Parker's; we shall find Harcourt there. You know he's up, don't you?"
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