andhavingwashed,andlearnedthathisfatherwouldbediningin,hewentforawalk,takinghiswaytowardshisroomsintheTemple。Hislongfigure,somewhatcarelesslygarbed,attractedtheusualattention,ofwhichhewasasusualunaware。Strollingalong,hemeditateddeeplyonaLondon,anEngland,differentfromthisflatulenthurly—burly,this\'omniuingatherum\',thisgreatdiscordantsymphonyofsharpsandflats。ALondon,anEngland,kemptandself—
respecting;sweptandgarnishedofslums,andplutocrats,advertisement,andjerry—building,ofsensationalism,vulgarity,vice,andunemployment。AnEnglandwhereeachmanshouldknowhisplace,andneverchangeit,butserveinitloyallyinhisowncaste。
Whereeveryman,fromnoblemantolabourer,shouldbeanoligarchbyfaith,andagentlemanbypractice。AnEnglandsosteel—brightandefficientthattheverysightshouldsufficetoimposepeace。AnEnglandwhosesoulshouldbestoicalandfinewiththestoicismandfinenessofeachsoulamongsthermanymillionsouls;wherethetownshouldhaveitscreedandthecountryitscreed,andthereshouldbecontentmentandnocomplaininginherstreets。
AndashewalkeddowntheStrand,alittleraggedboycheepedoutbetweenhislegs:
\"BloodeediscovereeinaBank——Gritesensytion！Pi—er！\"