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Either
the
nation
was
under
a
load
of
obligation
to
the
Barnacles
,
or
the
Barnacles
were
under
a
load
of
obligation
to
the
nation
.
It
was
not
quite
unanimously
settled
which
;
the
Barnacles
having
their
opinion
,
the
nation
theirs
.
The
Mr
Tite
Barnacle
who
at
the
period
now
in
question
usually
coached
or
crammed
the
statesman
at
the
head
of
the
Circumlocution
Office
,
when
that
noble
or
right
honourable
individual
sat
a
little
uneasily
in
his
saddle
by
reason
of
some
vagabond
making
a
tilt
at
him
in
a
newspaper
,
was
more
flush
of
blood
than
money
.
As
a
Barnacle
he
had
his
place
,
which
was
a
snug
thing
enough
;
and
as
a
Barnacle
he
had
of
course
put
in
his
son
Barnacle
Junior
in
the
office
.
But
he
had
intermarried
with
a
branch
of
the
Stiltstalkings
,
who
were
also
better
endowed
in
a
sanguineous
point
of
view
than
with
real
or
personal
property
,
and
of
this
marriage
there
had
been
issue
,
Barnacle
junior
and
three
young
ladies
.
What
with
the
patrician
requirements
of
Barnacle
junior
,
the
three
young
ladies
,
Mrs
Tite
Barnacle
nee
Stiltstalking
,
and
himself
,
Mr
Tite
Barnacle
found
the
intervals
between
quarter
day
and
quarter
day
rather
longer
than
he
could
have
desired
;
a
circumstance
which
he
always
attributed
to
the
country
’
s
parsimony
.
For
Mr
Tite
Barnacle
,
Mr
Arthur
Clennam
made
his
fifth
inquiry
one
day
at
the
Circumlocution
Office
;
having
on
previous
occasions
awaited
that
gentleman
successively
in
a
hall
,
a
glass
case
,
a
waiting
room
,
and
a
fire
-
proof
passage
where
the
Department
seemed
to
keep
its
wind
.
On
this
occasion
Mr
Barnacle
was
not
engaged
,
as
he
had
been
before
,
with
the
noble
prodigy
at
the
head
of
the
Department
;
but
was
absent
.
Barnacle
Junior
,
however
,
was
announced
as
a
lesser
star
,
yet
visible
above
the
office
horizon
.
With
Barnacle
junior
,
he
signified
his
desire
to
confer
;
and
found
that
young
gentleman
singeing
the
calves
of
his
legs
at
the
parental
fire
,
and
supporting
his
spine
against
the
mantel
-
shelf
.
It
was
a
comfortable
room
,
handsomely
furnished
in
the
higher
official
manner
;
an
presenting
stately
suggestions
of
the
absent
Barnacle
,
in
the
thick
carpet
,
the
leather
-
covered
desk
to
sit
at
,
the
leather
-
covered
desk
to
stand
at
,
the
formidable
easy
-
chair
and
hearth
-
rug
,
the
interposed
screen
,
the
torn
-
up
papers
,
the
dispatch
-
boxes
with
little
labels
sticking
out
of
them
,
like
medicine
bottles
or
dead
game
,
the
pervading
smell
of
leather
and
mahogany
,
and
a
general
bamboozling
air
of
How
not
to
do
it
.
The
present
Barnacle
,
holding
Mr
Clennam
’
s
card
in
his
hand
,
had
a
youthful
aspect
,
and
the
fluffiest
little
whisker
,
perhaps
,
that
ever
was
seen
.
Such
a
downy
tip
was
on
his
callow
chin
,
that
he
seemed
half
fledged
like
a
young
bird
;
and
a
compassionate
observer
might
have
urged
that
,
if
he
had
not
singed
the
calves
of
his
legs
,
he
would
have
died
of
cold
.
He
had
a
superior
eye
-
glass
dangling
round
his
neck
,
but
unfortunately
had
such
flat
orbits
to
his
eyes
and
such
limp
little
eyelids
that
it
wouldn
’
t
stick
in
when
he
put
it
up
,
but
kept
tumbling
out
against
his
waistcoat
buttons
with
a
click
that
discomposed
him
very
much
.
‘
Oh
,
I
say
.
Look
here
!
My
father
’
s
not
in
the
way
,
and
won
’
t
be
in
the
way
to
-
day
,
’
said
Barnacle
Junior
.
‘
Is
this
anything
that
I
can
do
?
’
(
Click
!
Eye
-
glass
down
.
Barnacle
Junior
quite
frightened
and
feeling
all
round
himself
,
but
not
able
to
find
it
.
)
‘
You
are
very
good
,
’
said
Arthur
Clennam
.
‘
I
wish
however
to
see
Mr
Barnacle
.
’
