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Chapter 2

           Ihastilypickeditupandshookitfreefromthenoisomedirt,wonderingasIdidso,whatwouldbeitsfatenow?—now,whenIcouldaffordtopublishitmyself,andnotonlypublishitbutadvertiseit,andnotonlyadvertiseit,but‘push’it,inallthecraftyandcautiouswaysknowntotheinnercirclesof‘booming’!IsmiledasIthoughtofthevengeanceIwouldtakeonallthosewhohadscornedandslightedmeandmylabour—howtheyshouldcowerbeforeme!—howtheyshouldfawnatmyfeetlikewhiptcurs,andwhinetheirfulsomeadulation!Everystiffandstubbornneckshouldbendbeforeme;—thisIresolvedupon;forthoughmoneydoesnotalwaysconquereverything,itonlyfailswhenitismoneyapartfrombrains.Brainsandmoneytogethercanmovetheworld—brainscanveryfrequentlydothisalonewithoutmoney,ofwhichseriousandprovedfactthosewhohavenobrainsshouldbeware!Fullofambitiousthought,Inowandthencaughtwildsoundsfromtheviolinthatwasbeingplayednextdoor—noteslikesobbingcriesofpain,andanonripplingrunslikeacarelesswoman’slaughter—andallatonceIrememberedIhadnotyetopenedthethirdletteraddressedtome—theonecoronetedinscarletandgold,whichhadremainedwhereitwasonthetablealmostunnoticedtillnow.Itookitupandturneditoverwithanoddsenseofreluctanceinmyfingers,whichwereslowattheworkoftearingthethickenvelopeasunder.

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