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Chapter 6

           Thisdesire(sincethethingwasiniquitous)seemedquitenaturaltotheboy,thoughwhytheaffairwasiniquitoushedidnotknow.Afterwards,withadvancingwisdom,hemanagedtocleartheplaintruthofthebusinessfromthefantasticintrusionsoftheOldManoftheSea,vampires,andghouls,whichhadlenttohisfather’scorrespondencetheflavourofagruesomeArabianNightstale.Intheend,thegrowingyouthattainedtoascloseanintimacywiththeSanTomemineastheoldmanwhowrotetheseplaintiveandenragedlettersontheothersideofthesea.Hehadbeenmadeseveraltimesalreadytopayheavyfinesforneglectingtoworkthemine,hereported,besidesothersumsextractedfromhimonaccountoffutureroyalties,onthegroundthatamanwithsuchavaluableconcessioninhispocketcouldnotrefusehisfinancialassistancetotheGovernmentoftheRepublic.Thelastofhisfortunewaspassingawayfromhimagainstworthlessreceipts,hewrote,inarage,whilsthewasbeingpointedoutasanindividualwhohadknownhowtosecureenormousadvantagesfromthenecessitiesofhiscountry.AndtheyoungmaninEuropegrewmoreandmoreinterestedinthatthingwhichcouldprovokesuchatumultofwordsandpassion.

           Hethoughtofiteveryday;buthethoughtofitwithoutbitterness.Itmighthavebeenanunfortunateaffairforhispoordad,andthewholestorythrewaqueerlightuponthesocialandpoliticallifeofCostaguana.Theviewhetookofitwassympathetictohisfather,yetcalmandreflective.

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