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Good and Bad Angels

           Someyoungfellows,youknow,maybealittlebehindtheirstation,perhaps,inpointofeducationandbehaviour,andmaygoalittlewrong,youknow,andgetthemselvesandotherpeopleintoavarietyoffixesandallthatbutdeucetakeit,it’sdelightfultoreflectthatthey’vegotBloodin‘em!Myself,I’dratheratanytimebeknockeddownbyamanwhohadgotBloodinhim,thanI’dbepickedupbyamanwhohadn’t!’

           Thissentiment,ascompressingthegeneralquestionintoanutshell,gavetheutmostsatisfaction,andbroughtthegentlemanintogreatnoticeuntiltheladiesretired.Afterthat,IobservedthatMr.GulpidgeandMr.HenrySpiker,whohadhithertobeenverydistant,enteredintoadefensiveallianceagainstus,thecommonenemy,andexchangedamysteriousdialogueacrossthetableforourdefeatandoverthrow.

           ‘Thataffairofthefirstbondforfourthousandfivehundredpoundshasnottakenthecoursethatwasexpected,Spiker,’saidMr.Gulpidge.

           ‘DoyoumeantheD.ofA.‘s?’saidMr.Spiker.

           ‘TheC.ofB.‘s!’saidMr.Gulpidge.

           Mr.Spikerraisedhiseyebrows,andlookedmuchconcerned.

           ‘WhenthequestionwasreferredtoLordIneedn’tnamehim,’saidMr.Gulpidge,checkinghimself

           ‘Iunderstand,’saidMr.Spiker,‘N.’

           Mr.Gulpidgedarklynodded‘wasreferredtohim,hisanswerwas,“Money,ornorelease.

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