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Chapter 5

           MrEllisrubbedhishandsandsmileddeprecatingly.

           "ThefactisMrTempest,yourdeceasedrelativehadoneverycuriousideahewasashrewdmanandacleverone,buthecertainlyhadoneverycuriousideaandperhapsifhehadfollowedituptoanyextent,itmightyes,itmighthavelandedhiminalunaticasylumandpreventedhisdisposingofhisextensivefortuneintheertheveryjustandreasonablemannerhehasdone.Happilyforhimselfanderforyou,hedidnotfollowitup,andtothelastheretainedhisadmirablebusinessqualitiesandhighsenseofrectitude.ButIdonotthinkheeverquitedispossessedhimselfoftheideaitself,didheBentham?"

           Benthamgazedmeditativelyattheroundblackmarkofthegas-burnerwhereitdarkenedtheceiling.

           "Ithinknotno,Ithinknot,"heanswered"Ibelievehewasperfectlyconvincedofit."

           "Andwhatwasit?"Iasked,gettingimpatient"Didhewanttobringoutsomepatent?anewnotionforaflying-machine,andgetridofhismoneyinthatway?"

           "No,no,no!"andMrEllislaughedasoftpleasantlittlelaughovermysuggestion"No,mydearsirnothingofapurelymechanicalorcommercialturncaptivatedhisimagination.Hewastooeryes,IthinkImaysaytooprofoundlyopposedtowhatiscalled‘progress’intheworldtoaiditbyanynewinventionorothermeanswhatever.

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