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Chapter 16. Nobody’s Weakness

           Itwasatfirstdifficulttoleadhimtospeakabouthimself,andheputoffArthur’sadvancesinthatdirectionbyadmittingslightly,ohyes,hehaddonethis,andhehaddonethat,andsuchathingwasofhismaking,andsuchanotherthingwashisdiscovery,butitwashistrade,yousee,histrade;until,ashegraduallybecameassuredthathiscompanionhadarealinterestinhisaccountofhimself,hefranklyyieldedtoit.Thenitappearedthathewasthesonofanorth-countryblacksmith,andhadoriginallybeenapprenticedbyhiswidowedmothertoalock-maker;thathehad‘struckoutafewlittlethings’atthelock-maker’s,whichhadledtohisbeingreleasedfromhisindentureswithapresent,whichpresenthadenabledhimtogratifyhisardentwishtobindhimselftoaworkingengineer,underwhomhehadlabouredhard,learnedhard,andlivedhard,sevenyears.Histimebeingout,hehad‘workedintheshop’atweeklywagessevenoreightyearsmore;andhadthenbetakenhimselftothebanksoftheClyde,wherehehadstudied,andfiled,andhammered,andimprovedhisknowledge,theoreticalandpractical,forsixorsevenyearsmore.TherehehadhadanoffertogotoLyons,whichhehadaccepted;andfromLyonshadbeenengagedtogotoGermany,andinGermanyhadhadanoffertogotoStPetersburg,andtherehaddoneverywellindeed—neverbetter.However,hehadnaturallyfeltapreferenceforhisowncountry,andawishtogaindistinctionthere,andtodowhateverservicehecoulddo,thereratherthanelsewhere.Andsohehadcomehome.

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