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Chapter 10. Containing the whole Science of Government

           

           ‘Youkeepwithus,’saidMrMeagles,inathreateningkindofWay,‘andI’llintroduceyoupresently.Nowthen!’

           Clennamwonderedwithinhimself,astheytookthenearestwaytothePark,whatthisunknown(whocompliedinthegentlestmanner)couldhavebeendoing.HisappearancedidnotatalljustifythesuspicionthathehadbeendetectedindesignsonMrMeagles’spocket-handkerchief;norhadheanyappearanceofbeingquarrelsomeorviolent.Hewasaquiet,plain,steadyman;madenoattempttoescape;andseemedalittledepressed,butneitherashamednorrepentant.Ifhewereacriminaloffender,hemustsurelybeanincorrigiblehypocrite;andifhewerenooffender,whyshouldMrMeagleshavecollaredhimintheCircumlocutionOffice?Heperceivedthatthemanwasnotadifficultyinhisownmindalone,butinMrMeagles’stoo;forsuchconversationastheyhadtogetherontheshortwaytotheParkwasbynomeanswellsustained,andMrMeagles’seyealwayswanderedbacktotheman,evenwhenhespokeofsomethingverydifferent.

           Atlengththeybeingamongthetrees,MrMeaglesstoppedshort,andsaid:

           ‘MrClennam,willyoudomethefavourtolookatthisman?HisnameisDoyce,DanielDoyce.Youwouldn’tsupposethismantobeanotoriousrascal;wouldyou?’

           ‘Icertainlyshouldnot.’Itwasreallyadisconcertingquestion,withthemanthere.

           ‘No.Youwouldnot.Iknowyouwouldnot.Youwouldn’tsupposehimtobeapublicoffender;wouldyou?’

           ‘No.’

           ‘No.Butheis.Heisapublicoffender.

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