I seldom lose my temper ; much more seldom indulge in dangerous indignation at wrongs and outrages ; but I must be permitted to be rash here and declaredeclare, that I consider the sudden and violent abrogationabrogationof the office of Master in Chancery , by the new Constitution , as a -- premature actact; inasmuch as I had counted upon a life-lease of the profits , whereas I only receivedreceivethose of a few short years .
But , inasmuch as it has never been my practice to furnish my relatives with an itinerary of my journeys and in this case I anticipatedanticipateopposition to my wishes , I gavegiveout that I was going for a ramble in the Tyrol -- an old haunt of mine -- and propitiatedpropitiateRose ’s wrath by declaringdeclarethat I intended to study the political and social problems of the interesting community which dwells in that neighbourhood .
In consideration of the day and hour of my birthbirth, it was declareddeclareby the nurse , and by some sage women in the neighbourhood who had taken a lively interest in me several months before there was any possibility of our becoming personally acquainted , first , that I was destined to be unlucky in life ; and secondly , that I was privileged to see ghosts and spirits ; both these gifts inevitably attaching , as they believed , to all unlucky infants of either gender , born towards the small hours on a Friday night .
The astonishmentastonishmentof the ladies was just what he wished ; that of Mrs. Bennet perhaps surpassing the rest ; though , when the first tumult of joyjoywas over , she began to declaredeclarethat it was what she had expected all the while .
And then , on Winterbourne ’s affirmative replyreply-- “ American men are the best , ” he declareddeclare.
This , naturally , was declareddeclareby several voices to give the thing the utmost price , and our friend , with quiet art , preparedpreparehis triumph by turningturnhis eyes over the rest of us and goinggoon : “ It ’s beyond everything .
And I declaredeclare, on my word of honour , that what I am now about to write is , strictly and literally , the truth .