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Chapter 22. Who passes by this Road so late?

           Therewasnoforeseeingatthattimewhetherhewouldbeabsentmonthsoryears.Thepreparationsforhisdeparture,andtheconscientiousarrangementforhimofallthedetailsandresultsoftheirjointbusiness,hadnecessitatedlabourwithinashortcompassoftime,whichhadoccupiedClennamdayandnight.Hehadslippedacrossthewaterinhisfirstleisure,andhadslippedasquicklybackagainforhisfarewellinterviewwithDoyce.

           HimArthurnowshowed,withpainsandcare,thestateoftheirgainsandlosses,responsibilitiesandprospects.Danielwentthroughitallinhispatientmanner,andadmireditallexceedingly.Heauditedtheaccounts,asiftheywereafarmoreingeniouspieceofmechanismthanhehadeverconstructed,andafterwardsstoodlookingatthem,weighinghishatoverhisheadbythebrims,asifhewereabsorbedinthecontemplationofsomewonderfulengine.

           ‘It’sallbeautiful,Clennam,initsregularityandorder.Nothingcanbeplainer.Nothingcanbebetter.’

           ‘Iamgladyouapprove,Doyce.Now,astothemanagementofyourcapitalwhileyouareaway,andastotheconversionofsomuchofitasthebusinessmayneedfromtimetotime—’Hispartnerstoppedhim.

           ‘Astothat,andastoeverythingelseofthatkind,allrestswithyou.Youwillcontinueinallsuchmatterstoactforbothofus,asyouhavedonehitherto,andtolightenmymindofaloaditismuchrelievedfrom.’

           ‘Though,asIoftentellyou,’returnedClennam,‘youunreasonablydepreciateyourbusinessqualities.’

           ‘Perhapsso,’saidDoyce,smiling.‘Andperhapsnot.

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