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Chapter 34. Gone

           ‘OfcourseIknowthat,mygoodfellow,andthereforeIcomeoutwithitinthefirstburst.Now,togoback,aboutcatchingDoyce.IcaughtDoyce.Ranagainsthimamongalotofthosedirtybrowndogsinwomen’snightcapsagreatdealtoobigfor‘em,callingthemselvesArabsandallsortsofincoherentraces.Youknow‘em!Well!Hewascomingstraighttome,andIwasgoingtohim,andsowecamebacktogether.’

           ‘DoyceinEngland!’exclaimedArthur.

           ‘There!’saidMrMeagles,throwingopenhisarms.‘Iamtheworstmanintheworldtomanageathingofthissort.Idon’tknowwhatIshouldhavedoneifIhadbeeninthediplomaticline—right,perhaps!Thelongandshortofitis,Arthur,wehavebothbeeninEnglandthisfortnight.AndifyougoontoaskwhereDoyceisatthepresentmoment,why,myplainansweris—hereheis!AndnowIcanbreatheagainatlast!’

           Doycedartedinfrombehindthedoor,caughtArthurbybothhands,andsaidtherestforhimself.

           ‘Thereareonlythreebranchesofmysubject,mydearClennam,’saidDoyce,proceedingtomouldthemseverally,withhisplasticthumb,onthepalmofhishand,‘andthey’resoondisposedof.First,notawordmorefromyouaboutthepast.Therewasanerrorinyourcalculations.Iknowwhatthatis.Itaffectsthewholemachine,andfailureistheconsequence.Youwillprofitbythefailure,andwillavoiditanothertime.Ihavedoneasimilarthingmyself,inconstruction,often.Everyfailureteachesamansomething,ifhewilllearn;andyouaretoosensibleamannottolearnfromthisfailure.Somuchforfirstly.

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