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BOOK THE EIGHTH.
THE CAPITOL AND THINGS AROUND IT.
CHAPTER I.
ANALYSIS OF MAJESTIC MATTERS.
Irresistible Fate ever carrying him forward, which had now for so many
hours showered its surprises on Gwynplaine, and which had transported
him to Windsor, transferred him again to London. Visionary realities
succeeded each other without a moment's intermission. He could not
escape from their influence. Freed from one he met another. He had
scarcely time to breathe. Any one who has seen a juggler throwing and
catching balls can judge the nature of fate. Those rising and falling
projectiles are like men tossed in the hands of Destiny--projectiles and
playthings.
On the evening of the same day, Gwynplaine was an actor in an
extraordinary scene. He was seated on a bench covered with
fleurs-de-lis; over his silken clothes he wore a robe of scarlet velvet,
lined with white silk, with a cape of ermine, and on his shoulders two
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