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Chapter 5

           Theyseemed,Ifancied,atriflesurprisedatthis,butweretoodiscreettoofferanyremark.TheywrotedownmyaddressattheGrandHotel,andsenttheirclerktoshowmetothedoor.Igavethismanhalf-a-sovereigntodrinkmyhealthwhichheverycheerfullypromisedtodo—thenIwalkedroundbytheLawCourts,tryingtorealizethatIwasnotinadizzydream,butthatIwasactuallyandsolidly,fivetimesamillionaire.Asluckwouldhaveit,inturningacornerIjostledupagainstamancomingtheotherway,theverypublisherwhohadreturnedmemyrejectedmanuscriptthedaybefore.

           "Hullo!"heexclaimedstoppingshort.

           "Hullo!"Irejoined.

           "Whereareyouoffto?"hewenton—"Goingtotryandplacethatunluckynovel?Mydearboy,believemeitwillneverdoasitis...."

           "Itwilldo,itshalldo;"—Isaidcalmly—"Iamgoingtopublishitmyself."

           Hestarted."Publishityourself!Goodheavens!—itwillcostyou—ah!—sixtyorseventy,perhapsahundredpounds."

           "Idon’tcareifitcostsmeathousand!"

           Aredflushcameintohisface,andhiseyesopenedinastonishment.

           "Ithought...excuseme..."hestammeredawkwardly;"Ithoughtmoneywasscarcewithyou——"

           "Itwas,"Ianswereddrily—"Itisn’tnow."

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