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Chapter 53

           Fromhisearliestemploymentasanerrand-boyinaseaport,hehadlookedthroughthewindowsofthemoneychangersasotherboyslookthroughthewindowsofthepastry-cooks;thefascinationhadwroughtitselfgraduallyintoadeepspecialpassion;hemeant,whenhehadproperty,todomanythings,oneofthembeingtomarryagenteelyoungperson;butthesewereallaccidentsandjoysthatimaginationcoulddispensewith.Theonejoyafterwhichhissoulthirstedwastohaveamoney-changer’sshoponamuch-frequentedquay,tohavelocksallroundhimofwhichheheldthekeys,andtolooksublimelycoolashehandledthebreedingcoinsofallnations,whilehelplessCupiditylookedathimenviouslyfromtheothersideofanironlattice.Thestrengthofthatpassionhadbeenapowerenablinghimtomasteralltheknowledgenecessarytogratifyit.AndwhenotherswerethinkingthathehadsettledatStoneCourtforlife,JoshuahimselfwasthinkingthatthemomentnowwasnotfaroffwhenheshouldsettleontheNorthQuaywiththebestappointmentsinsafesandlocks.

           Enough.WeareconcernedwithlookingatJoshuaRigg’ssaleofhislandfromMr.Bulstrode’spointofview,andheinterpreteditasacheeringdispensationconveyingperhapsasanctiontoapurposewhichhehadforsometimeentertainedwithoutexternalencouragement;heinterpreteditthus,butnottooconfidently,offeringuphisthanksgivinginguardedphraseology.

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