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           Heatelittleandseemedindifferentwhatitwas,showedhimselftobemuchmoreimpatientthanheusedtobe,andwasquickevenwithAda.Ithoughtatfirstthathisoldlight-heartedmannerwasallgone,butitshoneoutofhimsometimesasIhadoccasionallyknownlittlemomentaryglimpsesofmyownoldfacetolookoutuponmefromtheglass.Hislaughhadnotquitelefthimeither,butitwasliketheechoofajoyfulsound,andthatisalwayssorrowful.Yethewasasgladasever,inhisoldaffectionateway,tohavemethere,andwetalkedoftheoldtimespleasantly.ThesedidnotappeartobeinterestingtoMr.Vholes,thoughheoccasionallymadeagaspwhichIbelievewashissmile.Heroseshortlyafterdinnerandsaidthatwiththepermissionoftheladieshewouldretiretohisoffice."Alwaysdevotedtobusiness,Vholes!"criedRichard."Yes,Mr.C.,"hereturned,"theinterestsofclientsarenevertobeneglected,sir.Theyareparamountinthethoughtsofaprofessionalmanlikemyself,whowishestopreserveagoodnameamonghisfellow-practitionersandsocietyatlarge.Mydenyingmyselfthepleasureofthepresentagreeableconversationmaynotbewhollyirrespectiveofyourowninterests,Mr.C."RichardexpressedhimselfquitesureofthatandlightedMr.Vholesout.Onhisreturnhetoldus,morethanonce,thatVholeswasagoodfellow,asafefellow,amanwhodidwhathepretendedtodo,averygoodfellowindeed!HewassodefiantaboutitthatitstruckmehehadbeguntodoubtMr.Vholes.

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