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Chapter 22

           

           "Yes;toyou."

           "Why,n-no;nottome."Hesaidthiswiththeairofonecarefullyreckoningupandstrikingabalance."Notdirectlyprofitable.Thatis,itdoesn’tpaymeanything,andIhavetokeepmyself."

           Thiscertainlyhadnotaprofitableappearance,andIshookmyheadasifIwouldimplythatitwouldbedifficulttolaybymuchaccumulativecapitalfromsuchasourceofincome.

           "Butthethingis,"saidHerbertPocket,"thatyoulookaboutyou.That’sthegrandthing.Youareinacounting-house,youknow,andyoulookaboutyou."

           Itstruckmeasasingularimplicationthatyoucouldn’tbeoutofacounting-house,youknow,andlookaboutyou;butIsilentlydeferredtohisexperience.

           "Thenthetimecomes,"saidHerbert,"whenyouseeyouropening.Andyougoin,andyouswoopuponitandyoumakeyourcapital,andthenthereyouare!Whenyouhaveoncemadeyourcapital,youhavenothingtodobutemployit."

           Thiswasverylikehiswayofconductingthatencounterinthegarden;verylike.Hismannerofbearinghispoverty,too,exactlycorrespondedtohismannerofbearingthatdefeat.Itseemedtomethathetookallblowsandbuffetsnowwithjustthesameairashehadtakenminethen.Itwasevidentthathehadnothingaroundhimbutthesimplestnecessaries,foreverythingthatIremarkeduponturnedouttohavebeensentinonmyaccountfromthecoffee-houseorsomewhereelse.

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