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Chapter 17. Nobody’s Rival

           

           Inthebeginningofthisdialogue,ClennamhadexpectedsomegreatharmlessoutburstfromMrMeagles,likethatwhichhadmadehimburstoutoftheCircumlocutionOffice,holdingDoycebythecollar.Buthisgoodfriendhadaweaknesswhichnoneofusneedgointothenextstreettofind,andwhichnoamountofCircumlocutionexperiencecouldlongsubdueinhim.ClennamlookedatDoyce;butDoyceknewallaboutitbeforehand,andlookedathisplate,andmadenosign,andsaidnoword.

           ‘Iammuchobligedtoyou,’saidGowan,toconcludethesubject.‘Clarenceisagreatass,butheisoneofthedearestandbestfellowsthateverlived!’

           Itappeared,beforethebreakfastwasover,thateverybodywhomthisGowanknewwaseithermoreorlessofanass,ormoreorlessofaknave;butwas,notwithstanding,themostlovable,themostengaging,thesimplest,truest,kindest,dearest,bestfellowthateverlived.Theprocessbywhichthisunvaryingresultwasattained,whateverthepremises,mighthavebeenstatedbyMrHenryGowanthus:‘Iclaimtobealwaysbook-keeping,withapeculiarnicety,ineveryman’scase,andpostingupacarefullittleaccountofGoodandEvilwithhim.Idothissoconscientiously,thatIamhappytotellyouIfindthemostworthlessofmentobethedearestoldfellowtoo:andaminaconditiontomakethegratifyingreport,thatthereismuchlessdifferencethanyouareinclinedtosupposebetweenanhonestmanandascoundrel.

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