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Chapter 23. Machinery in Motion

           meanwhileprotesting,withagesture,againsthisuseofthatrespectablename;‘thatshehopesoccasionallytoemploytheyoungneedlewomanyourecommendedtomymother.ForwhichIhavebeenthankingher.’

           ThePatriarchturninghisheadinalumberingwaytowardsPancks,thatassistantputupthenote-bookinwhichhehadbeenabsorbed,andtookhimintow.

           ‘Youdidn’trecommendher,youknow,’saidPancks;‘howcouldyou?Youknewnothingabouther,youdidn’t.Thenamewasmentionedtoyou,andyoupassediton.That’swhatyoudid.’

           ‘Well!’saidClennam.‘Asshejustifiesanyrecommendation,itismuchthesamething.’

           ‘Youaregladsheturnsoutwell,’saidPancks,‘butitwouldn’thavebeenyourfaultifshehadturnedoutill.Thecredit’snotyoursasitis,andtheblamewouldn’thavebeenyoursasitmighthavebeen.Yougavenoguarantee.Youknewnothingabouther.’

           ‘Youarenotacquainted,then,’saidArthur,hazardingarandomquestion,‘withanyofherfamily?’

           ‘Acquaintedwithanyofherfamily?’returnedPancks.‘Howshouldyoubeacquaintedwithanyofherfamily?Youneverheardof‘em.Youcan’tbeacquaintedwithpeopleyouneverheardof,canyou?Youshouldthinknot!’

           AllthistimethePatriarchsatserenelysmiling;noddingorshakinghisheadbenevolently,asthecaserequired.

           ‘Astobeingareference,’saidPancks,‘youknow,inageneralway,whatbeingareferencemeans.It’sallyoureye,thatis!LookatyourtenantsdowntheYardhere.They’dallbereferencesforoneanother,ifyou’dlet‘em.

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