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Chapter 32. Going

           IntheirlaterconferenceshissnortingassumedanirritablesoundwhichbodedthePatriarchnogood;likewise,MrPanckshadonseveraloccasionslookedharderatthePatriarchalbumpsthanwasquitereconcilablewiththefactofhisnotbeingapainter,oraperuke-makerinsearchofthelivingmodel.

           However,hesteamedinandoutofhislittlebackDockaccordingashewaswantedornotwantedinthePatriarchalpresence,andbusinesshadgoneoninitscustomarycourse.BleedingHeartYardhadbeenharrowedbyMrPancks,andcroppedbyMrCasby,attheregularseasons;MrPanckshadtakenallthedrudgeryandallthedirtofthebusinessashisshare;MrCasbyhadtakenalltheprofits,alltheetherealvapour,andallthemoonshine,ashisshare;and,intheformofwordswhichthatbenevolentbeamergenerallyemployedonSaturdayevenings,whenhetwirledhisfatthumbsafterstrikingtheweek’sbalance,‘everythinghadbeensatisfactorytoallparties—allparties—satisfactory,sir,toallparties.’

           TheDockoftheSteam-Tug,Pancks,hadaleadenroof,which,fryingintheveryhotsunshine,mayhaveheatedthevessel.Bethatasitmay,oneglowingSaturdayevening,onbeinghailedbythelumberingbottle-greenship,theTuginstantlycameworkingoutoftheDockinahighlyheatedcondition.

           ‘MrPancks,’wasthePatriarchalremark,‘youhavebeenremiss,youhavebeenremiss,sir.’

           ‘Whatdoyoumeanbythat?’wastheshortrejoinder.

           ThePatriarchalstate,alwaysastateofcalmnessandcomposure,wassoparticularlyserenethateveningastobeprovoking.

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