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Chapter 4

           Hewaslikehisfather.Hehadnoironiceye.Hewasnotamusedattheabsurditiesthatprevailinthisworld.Theyhurthiminhisinnategravity.HefeltthatthemiserabledeathofthatpoorDecoudtookfromhimhisinaccessiblepositionofaforceinthebackground.Itcommittedhimopenlyunlesshewishedtothrowupthegameandthatwasimpossible.Thematerialinterestsrequiredfromhimthesacrificeofhisaloofnessperhapshisownsafetytoo.AndhereflectedthatDecoud’sseparationistplanhadnotgonetothebottomwiththelostsilver.

           TheonlythingthatwasnotchangedwashispositiontowardsMr.Holroyd.TheheadofsilverandsteelinterestshadenteredintoCostaguanaaffairswithasortofpassion.Costaguanahadbecomenecessarytohisexistence;intheSanTomeminehehadfoundtheimaginativesatisfactionwhichothermindswouldgetfromdrama,fromart,orfromariskyandfascinatingsport.Itwasaspecialformofthegreatman’sextravagance,sanctionedbyamoralintention,bigenoughtoflatterhisvanity.Eveninthisaberrationofhisgeniusheservedtheprogressoftheworld.CharlesGouldfeltsureofbeingunderstoodwithprecisionandjudgedwiththeindulgenceoftheircommonpassion.Nothingnowcouldsurpriseorstartlethisgreatman.AndCharlesGouldimaginedhimselfwritingalettertoSanFranciscoinsomesuchwords:“....

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