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he Library in Lord Goring’s house. An Adam room.On the right is the door leading into the hall. Onthe left, the door of the smoking-room. A pair ofJolding doors at the back open into the drawing-room. The fire is lit. Phipps, the butler, isarranging some newspapers on the writing-table.The distinction of Phipps is his impassivity. Hehas been termed by enthusiasts the Ideal Butler.The Sphinx is not so incommunicable. He is amask with a manner. Of his intellectual oremotional life, history knows nothing. He repre-sents the dominance of form. [Enter LORD GORING in evening dress mith abuttonhole. He is wearing a silk hat and Invernesscape. White-gloved, he carries a Lows Seize cane.His are all the delicate fopperies of Fashion. Onesees that he stands in immediate relation to modernlife, makes it indeed. and so masters it. He isthe first well-dressed philosopher in the history ofthought. |LORD GORING Got my second buttonhole for me, Phipps?141
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