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IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy

           Hewasaboutasthrivingastravellingbasketandmatmakers;buthehadnothingtodowiththem.Hewasmoredecentlybornandbroughtupthanthecattledroverswhopassedandrepassedhiminhiswanderings;buttheymerelynoddedtohim.Hisstockwasmorevaluablethanthatofpedlars;buttheydidnotthinkso,andpassedhiscartwitheyesstraightahead.Hewassuchanunnaturalcolourtolookatthatthemenofroundaboutsandwaxworkshowsseemedgentlemenbesidehim;butheconsideredthemlowcompany,andremainedaloof.Amongallthesesquattersandfolksoftheroadthereddlemancontinuallyfoundhimself;yethewasnotofthem.Hisoccupationtendedtoisolatehim,andisolatedhewasmostlyseentobe.

           Itwassometimessuggestedthatreddlemenwerecriminalsforwhosemisdeedsothermenwrongfullysuffered—thatinescapingthelawtheyhadnotescapedtheirownconsciences,andhadtakentothetradeasalifelongpenance.Elsewhyshouldtheyhavechosenit?Inthepresentcasesuchaquestionwouldhavebeenparticularlyapposite.ThereddlemanwhohadenteredEgdonthatafternoonwasaninstanceofthepleasingbeingwastedtoformtheground-workofthesingular,whenanuglyfoundationwouldhavedonejustaswellforthatpurpose.Theonepointthatwasforbiddingaboutthisreddlemanwashiscolour.Freedfromthathewouldhavebeenasagreeableaspecimenofrusticmanhoodasonewouldoftensee.Akeenobservermighthavebeeninclinedtothink—whichwas,indeed,partlythetruth—thathehadrelinquishedhisproperstationinlifeforwantofinterestinit.

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