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Chapter 11

           

           ThethingthatWhiggamfearedinconnectionwithClydeandwhichhewasquicktopointouttoGilbertonthisoccasionwasthatbecauseofhisinexperienceandyouthClydemightnot,atfirst,proveasurgentandinsistentamasterofthisdepartmentastheworkthererequired.Therewerenothingbutyounggirlstheresomeofthemquiteattractive.AlsowasitwisetoplaceayoungmanofClyde’syearsandlooksamongsomanygirls?For,beingsusceptible,ashemightwellbeatthatage,hemightprovetooeasynotsternenough.Thegirlsmighttakeadvantageofhim.Ifso,itwouldn’tbepossibletokeephimthereverylong.Stilltherewasthistemporaryvacancy,anditwastheonlyoneinthewholefactoryatthemoment.Whynot,forthetimebeing,sendhimupstairsforatryout?ItmightnotbelongbeforeeitherMr.Liggettorhimselfwouldknowofsomethingelseorwhetherornothewassuitedfortheworkupthere.Inthatcaseitwouldbeeasytomakeare-transfer.

           Accordingly,aboutthreeintheafternoonofthissameMonday,Clydewassentforandafterbeingmadetowaitforsomefifteenminutes,aswasGilbert’smethod,hewasadmittedtotheausterepresence.

           "Well,howareyougettingalongdownwhereyouarenow?"askedGilbertcoldlyandinquisitorially.AndClyde,whoinvariablyexperiencedadepressionwheneverhecameanywherenearhiscousin,replied,withapoorlyforcedsmile,"Oh,justaboutthesame,Mr.Griffiths.Ican’tcomplain.Ilikeitwellenough.

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