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ThePatrickHenryUniversity."
"Notreally?"
"Ohyes.Youcanlookitup."
"Whatbothersmeis...Youknow,Idon’tlikeit.Idon’tlikeitthathe’snowappearingrighthere,inourownwaters.Ithoughtthingslikethatcouldhappenonlyinthewastelands.OnlyinEurope.Butabig-scaleoutlawofthatkindoperatinginDelawareinourdayandage!"
"He’sbeenseenoffNantucket,too.AndatBarHarbor.Thenewspapershavebeenaskednottowriteaboutit."
"Why?"
"Theydon’twantpeopletoknowthatthenavycan’tcopewithhim."
"Idon’tlikeit.Itfeelsfunny.It’slikesomethingoutoftheDarkAges."
Dagnyglancedup.ShesawFranciscod‘Anconiastandingafewstepsaway.Hewaslookingatherwithakindofstressedcuriosity;hiseyesweremocking.
"It’sastrangeworldwe’relivingin,"saidthespinster,hervoicelow.
"Ireadanarticle,"saidoneofthewomentonelessly."Itsaidthattimesoftroublearegoodforus.Itisgoodthatpeoplearegrowingpoorer.Toacceptprivationsisamoralvirtue."
"Isupposeso,"saidanother,withoutconviction.
"Wemustnotworry.Iheardaspeechthatsaiditisuselesstoworryortoblameanyone.Nobodycanhelpwhathedoes,thatisthewaythingsmadehim.Thereisnothingwecandoaboutanything.Wemustlearntobearit."
"What’stheuseanyway?Whatisman’sfate?Hasn’titalwaysbeentohope,butnevertoachieve?Thewisemanistheonewhodoesnotattempttohope."
"Thatistherightattitudetotake."
