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Chapter 2

           Ihastilypickeditupandshookitfreefromthenoisomedirt,wonderingasIdidso,whatwouldbeitsfatenow?now,whenIcouldaffordtopublishitmyself,andnotonlypublishitbutadvertiseit,andnotonlyadvertiseit,but‘push’it,inallthecraftyandcautiouswaysknowntotheinnercirclesof‘booming’!IsmiledasIthoughtofthevengeanceIwouldtakeonallthosewhohadscornedandslightedmeandmylabourhowtheyshouldcowerbeforeme!howtheyshouldfawnatmyfeetlikewhiptcurs,andwhinetheirfulsomeadulation!Everystiffandstubbornneckshouldbendbeforeme;thisIresolvedupon;forthoughmoneydoesnotalwaysconquereverything,itonlyfailswhenitismoneyapartfrombrains.Brainsandmoneytogethercanmovetheworldbrainscanveryfrequentlydothisalonewithoutmoney,ofwhichseriousandprovedfactthosewhohavenobrainsshouldbeware!Fullofambitiousthought,Inowandthencaughtwildsoundsfromtheviolinthatwasbeingplayednextdoornoteslikesobbingcriesofpain,andanonripplingrunslikeacarelesswoman’slaughterandallatonceIrememberedIhadnotyetopenedthethirdletteraddressedtometheonecoronetedinscarletandgold,whichhadremainedwhereitwasonthetablealmostunnoticedtillnow.Itookitupandturneditoverwithanoddsenseofreluctanceinmyfingers,whichwereslowattheworkoftearingthethickenvelopeasunder.

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