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           Yes,thereweretwogreatgroupsofdogswranglingforthebitch-goddess:thegroupoftheflatterers,thosewhoofferedheramusement,stories,films,plays:andtheother,muchlessshowy,muchmoresavagebreed,thosewhogavehermeat,therealsubstanceofmoney.Thewell-groomedshowydogsofamusementwrangledandsnarledamongthemselvesforthefavoursofthebitch-goddess.Butitwasnothingtothesilentfight-to-the-deaththatwentonamongtheindispensables,thebone-bringers.

           ButunderMrsBolton’sinfluence,Cliffordwastemptedtoenterthisotherfight,tocapturethebitch-goddessbybrutemeansofindustrialproduction.Somehow,hegothispeckerup.

           Inoneway,MrsBoltonmadeamanofhim,asConnieneverdid.Conniekepthimapart,andmadehimsensitiveandconsciousofhimselfandhisownstates.MrsBoltonmadehimawareonlyofoutsidethings.Inwardlyhebegantogosoftaspulp.Butoutwardlyhebegantobeeffective.

           Heevenrousedhimselftogototheminesoncemore:andwhenhewasthere,hewentdowninatub,andinatubhewashauledoutintotheworkings.Thingshehadlearnedbeforethewar,andseemedutterlytohaveforgotten,nowcamebacktohim.Hesatthere,crippled,inatub,withtheundergroundmanagershowinghimtheseamwithapowerfultorch.Andhesaidlittle.Buthismindbegantowork.

           Hebegantoreadagainhistechnicalworksonthecoal-miningindustry,hestudiedthegovernmentreports,andhereadwithcarethelatestthingsonminingandthechemistryofcoalandofshalewhichwerewritteninGerman.