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Chapter 22. Who passes by this Road so late?

           Anyhow,IhaveacallingthatIhavestudiedmorethansuchmatters,andthatIambetterfittedfor.Ihaveperfectconfidenceinmypartner,andIamsatisfiedthathewilldowhatisbest.IfIhaveaprejudiceconnectedwithmoneyandmoneyfigures,’continuedDoyce,layingthatplasticworkman’sthumbofhisonthelapelofhispartner’scoat,‘itisagainstspeculating.Idon’tthinkIhaveanyother.IdaresayIentertainthatprejudice,onlybecauseIhavenevergivenmymindfullytothesubject.’

           ‘Butyoushouldn’tcallitaprejudice,’saidClennam.‘MydearDoyce,itisthesoundestsense.’

           ‘Iamgladyouthinkso,’returnedDoyce,withhisgreyeyelookingkindandbright.

           ‘Itsohappens,’saidClennam,‘thatjustnow,nothalfanhourbeforeyoucamedown,IwassayingthesamethingtoPancks,wholookedinhere.Webothagreedthattotraveloutofsafeinvestmentsisoneofthemostdangerous,asitisoneofthemostcommon,ofthosefollieswhichoftendeservethenameofvices.’

           ‘Pancks?’saidDoyce,tiltinguphishatattheback,andnoddingwithanairofconfidence.‘Aye,aye,aye!That’sacautiousfellow.’

           ‘Heisaverycautiousfellowindeed,’returnedArthur.‘Quiteaspecimenofcaution.’

           TheybothappearedtoderivealargeramountofsatisfactionfromthecautiouscharacterofMrPancks,thanwasquiteintelligible,judgedbythesurfaceoftheirconversation.

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