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Chapter 16. Nobody’s Weakness

           

           ‘Oh!Youhavesomanythingstothinkabout,’returnedMrMeagles,clappinghimontheshoulder,asifhisweaknessmustnotbelefttoitselfonanyaccount.‘Figures,andwheels,andcogs,andlevers,andscrews,andcylinders,andathousandthings.’

           ‘Inmycalling,’saidDaniel,amused,‘thegreaterusuallyincludestheless.Butnevermind,nevermind!Whateverpleasesyou,pleasesme.’

           Clennamcouldnothelpspeculating,asheseatedhimselfinhisroombythefire,whethertheremightbeinthebreastofthishonest,affectionate,andcordialMrMeagles,anymicroscopicportionofthemustard-seedthathadsprungupintothegreattreeoftheCircumlocutionOffice.HiscurioussenseofageneralsuperioritytoDanielDoyce,whichseemedtobefounded,notsomuchonanythinginDoyce’spersonalcharacterasonthemerefactofhisbeinganoriginatorandamanoutofthebeatentrackofothermen,suggestedtheidea.Itmighthaveoccupiedhimuntilhewentdowntodinneranhourafterwards,ifhehadnothadanotherquestiontoconsider,whichhadbeeninhismindsolongagoasbeforehewasinquarantineatMarseilles,andwhichhadnowreturnedtoit,andwasveryurgentwithit.Nolessaquestionthanthis:WhetherheshouldallowhimselftofallinlovewithPet?

           Hewastwiceherage.(Hechangedtheleghehadcrossedovertheother,andtriedthecalculationagain,butcouldnotbringoutthetotalatless.)Hewastwiceherage.Well!Hewasyounginappearance,younginhealthandstrength,younginheart.

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