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Chapter 10

           Hetookoffhishat;then,withastudiedchangeoftone,added,negligently,thatthemaninblackbyherside,withahighwhitecollarandascarred,snarlyface,wasDr.Monygham,InspectorofStateHospitals,chiefmedicalofficeroftheConsolidatedSanTomemines.“Afamiliarofthehouse.Everlastinglythere.Nowonder.TheGouldsmadehim.Veryclevermanandallthat,butIneverlikedhim.Nobodydoes.Icanrecollecthimlimpingaboutthestreetsinacheckshirtandnativesandalswithawatermelonunderhisarmallhewouldgettoeatfortheday.Abig-wignow,sir,andasnastyasever.However...There’snodoubtheplayedhispartfairlywellatthetime.HesavedusallfromthedeadlyincubusofSotillo,whereamoreparticularmanmighthavefailed——”

           Hisarmwentup.

           “Theequestrianstatuethatusedtostandonthepedestalovertherehasbeenremoved.Itwasananachronism,”CaptainMitchellcommented,obscurely.“ThereissometalkofreplacingitbyamarbleshaftcommemorativeofSeparation,withangelsofpeaceatthefourcorners,andbronzeJusticeholdinganevenbalance,allgilt,onthetop.CavaliereParrochettiwasaskedtomakeadesign,whichyoucanseeframedunderglassintheMunicipalSala.Namesaretobeengravedallroundthebase.Well!TheycoulddonobetterthanbeginwiththenameofNostromo.HehasdoneforSeparationasmuchasanybodyelse,and,”addedCaptainMitchell,“hasgotlessthanmanyothersbyitwhenitcomestothat.

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