Пробный камень

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           “ComeandhearDinslowtalkabouthispatent:admissionfree,”oneofthemensangoutinatoneofmockresignation.

           DinslowturnedtoGlennardtheconfidentpugnacityofhissmile.“Giveitanothersixmonthsandit’llbetalkingaboutitself,”hedeclared.“It’sprettynearlyarticulatenow.”

           “Canitsaypapa?”someoneelseinquired.

           Dinslow’ssmilebroadened.“You’llbedeucedgladtosaypapatoitayearfromnow,”heretorted.“It’llbeabletosupportevenyouinaffluence.Lookhere,now,justletmeexplaintoyou—”

           Glennardmovedawayimpatiently.Themenattheclub—allbutthosewhowere“init”—wereproverbially“tired”ofDinslow’spatent,andnonemoresothanGlennard,whoseknowledgeofitsmeritsmadeitloomlargeinthedepressingcatalogueoflostopportunities.Therelationsbetweenthetwomenhadalwaysbeenfriendly,andDinslow’surgentoffersto“takehiminonthegroundfloor”hadoflateintensifiedGlennard’ssenseofhisowninabilitytomeetgoodluckhalfway.Someofthemenwhohadpausedtolistenwerealreadyineveningclothes,othersontheirwayhometodress;andGlennard,withanaccustomedtwingeofhumiliation,saidtohimselfthatifhelingeredamongthemitwasinthemiserablehopethatoneofthenumbermightaskhimtodine.MissTrenthadtoldhimthatshewastogototheoperathateveningwithherrichaunt;andifheshouldhavethelucktopickupadinner-invitationhemightjoinhertherewithoutextraoutlay

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