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           Astohisarmy,ithadnothingtoexpectfromMonteroeither;notevenamonth’spay.Fromthatpointofviewtheexistenceofthetreasurewasofenormousimportance.ThemereknowledgethatithadbeensavedfromtheMonteristswouldbeastronginducementfortheCaytatroopstoembracethecauseofthenewState.

           Thedoctorturnedroundandcontemplatedhiscompanionforsometime.

           “ThisDecoud,Isee,isapersuasiveyoungbeggar,”heremarkedatlast.“Andprayisitforthis,then,thatCharlesGouldhasletthewholelotofingotsgoouttoseainchargeofthatNostromo?”

           “CharlesGould,”saidtheengineer-in-chief,“hassaidnomoreabouthismotivethanusual.Youknow,hedoesn’ttalk.Butweallhereknowhismotive,andhehasonlyone—thesafetyoftheSanTomeminewiththepreservationoftheGouldConcessioninthespiritofhiscompactwithHolroyd.Holroydisanotheruncommonman.Theyunderstandeachother’simaginativeside.Oneisthirty,theothernearlysixty,andtheyhavebeenmadeforeachother.Tobeamillionaire,andsuchamillionaireasHolroyd,islikebeingeternallyyoung.Theaudacityofyouthreckonsuponwhatitfanciesanunlimitedtimeatitsdisposal;butamillionairehasunlimitedmeansinhishand—whichisbetter.One’stimeonearthisanuncertainquantity,butaboutthelongreachofmillionsthereisnodoubt.