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Chapter 22

           Mikedidnotfeelthathewasdeprivinghimselfinpartingwiththepicture;hehadseenitonce,hecouldseeitinhismindwheneverhewishedeventhefaceinthatpicture,asithadglowedwithamostunusualexpressionofbeautifulpain.

           HeacceptedDuke’sthanksgravelyandwenthappilybacktoreadtherestofhismail.

           MikedidnotshareJubal’sannoyanceattheavalancheofmail;hereveledinit,theinsuranceadsquiteasmuchasthemarriageproposals.HistriptothePalacehadopenedhiseyestotheenormousvarietyinthisworldandhewasresolvedtogrokitall.Hecouldseethatitwouldtakehimseveralcenturiesandthathemustgrowandgrowandgrow,buthewasundauntedandinnohurryhegrokkedthateternityandtheeverbeautifully-changingnowwereidentical.

           HehaddecidednottorereadtheEncyclopediaBritannica;thefloodofmailgavehimbrighterglimpsesoftheworld.Hereadit,grokkedwhathecould,rememberedtherestforcontemplationatnightwhilethehouseholdslept.

           Fromthesenightsofmeditationhewasbeginning,hethought,togrok"business,"and"money,"and"buying,"and"selling,"andrelatedun-MartianactivitiesthearticlesintheEncyclopediahadalwayslefthimfeelingunfilled,as(henowgrokked)eachonehadassumedthatheknewmanythingsthathedidnotknow.Buttherearrivedinthemail,fromMr.SecretaryGeneralJosephEdgertonDouglas,acheckbookandotherpapers,andhisbrotherJubalhadtakengreatpainstoexplaintohimwhatmoneywasandhowitwasused.

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