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Chapter 9

           "IthinkIknowmostpeopleworthknowing"respondedLucioquietly"ThoughIbynomeansincludeMrMcWhinginthecategoryofworthiness.Ihappenedtomakehispersonalacquaintanceinasomewhatsingularandexcitingmanner.ItwasinSwitzerland,onthatawkwardledgeofrockknownastheMauvaisPas.Ihadbeensomeweeksintheneighbourhoodonbusinessofmyown,andbeingsurefootedandfearless,wasfrequentlyallowedbytheguidestovolunteermyserviceswiththeirs.Inthiscapacityofamateurguide,capriciousdestinygavemethepleasureofescortingthetimidandbiliousMcWhingacrossthechasmsoftheMerdeGlace,andIconversedwithhiminthechoicestFrenchallthewhile,alanguageofwhich,despitehisboastederudition,hewasdeplorablyignorant.IknewwhohewasImusttellyou,asIknowmostofhiscraft,andhadlongbeenawareofhimasoneoftheauthorisedmurderersofaspiringgenius.WhenIgothimontheMauvaisPas,Isawthathewasseizedwithvertigo;IheldhimfirmlybythearmandaddressedhiminsoundstrongEnglishthus‘MrMcWhing,youwroteadamnableandscurrilousarticleagainsttheworkofacertainpoet’andInamedtheman‘anarticlethatwasatissueofliesfrombeginningtoend,andwhichbyitscrueltyandvenomembitteredalifeofbrilliantpromise,andcrushedanoblespirit.

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