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Chapter 20. Introduces the next

           Inshort,itwasworthmywhile,formyownpleasure—thegratificationofastrongfeeling—topayaspywhowouldfetchandcarryformoney.Ipaidthiscreature.AndIdaresaythatifIhadwantedtomakesuchabargain,andifIcouldhavepaidhimenough,andifhecouldhavedoneitinthedark,freefromallrisk,hewouldhavetakenanylifewithaslittlescrupleashetookmymoney.That,atleast,ismyopinionofhim;andIseeitisnotveryfarremovedfromyours.Yourmother’sopinionofhim,Iamtoassume(followingyourexampleofassumingthisandthat),wasvastlydifferent.’

           ‘Mymother,letmeremindyou,’saidClennam,‘wasfirstbroughtintocommunicationwithhimintheunluckycourseofbusiness.’

           ‘Itappearstohavebeenanunluckycourseofbusinessthatlastbroughtherintocommunicationwithhim,’returnedMissWade;‘andbusinesshoursonthatoccasionwerelate.’

           ‘Youimply,’saidArthur,smartingunderthesecool-handedthrusts,ofwhichhehaddeeplyfelttheforcealready,‘thattherewassomething—’

           ‘MrClennam,’shecomposedlyinterrupted,‘recollectthatIdonotspeakbyimplicationabouttheman.Heis,Isayagainwithoutdisguise,alowmercenarywretch.Isupposesuchacreaturegoeswherethereisoccasionforhim.IfIhadnothadoccasionforhim,youwouldnothaveseenhimandmetogether.’

           Wrungbyherpersistenceinkeepingthatdarksideofthecasebeforehim,ofwhichtherewasahalf-hiddenshadowinhisownbreast,Clennamwassilent.

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