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Chapter 17. Nobody’s Rival

           Hisdiscoveryofthesemistakesgreatlyincreasedhisdifficulties,butneverreleasedhimfromthenecessityoflookingatClennam.AndwheneverClennamspoke,thisill-starredyoungmanwasclearlyseizedwithadreadthathewascoming,bysomeartfuldevice,roundtothatpointofwantingtoknow,youknow.

           Itmaybequestioned,therefore,whetheranyonebutMrMeagleshadmuchenjoymentofthetime.MrMeagles,however,thoroughlyenjoyedYoungBarnacle.Asamereflaskofthegoldenwaterinthetalebecameafullfountainwhenitwaspouredout,soMrMeaglesseemedtofeelthatthissmallspiceofBarnacleimpartedtohistabletheflavourofthewholefamily-tree.Initspresence,hisfrank,fine,genuinequalitiespaled;hewasnotsoeasy,hewasnotsonatural,hewasstrivingaftersomethingthatdidnotbelongtohim,hewasnothimself.WhatastrangepeculiarityonthepartofMrMeagles,andwhereshouldwefindanothersuchcase!

           AtlastthewetSundayworeitselfoutinawetnight;andYoungBarnaclewenthomeinacab,feeblysmoking;andtheobjectionableGowanwentawayonfoot,accompaniedbytheobjectionabledog.PethadtakenthemostamiablepainsalldaytobefriendlywithClennam,butClennamhadbeenalittlereservedsincebreakfast—thatistosay,wouldhavebeen,ifhehadlovedher.

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