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Chapter 6

           Ontheotherhand,Europemustbekeptoutofthiscontinent,andforproperinterferenceonourpartthetimeisnotyetripe,Idaresay.Butweherewearenotthiscountry’sGovernment,neitherarewesimplesouls.Youraffairisallright.Themainquestionforusiswhetherthesecondpartner,andthat’syou,istherightsorttoholdhisownagainstthethirdandunwelcomepartner,whichisoneoranotherofthehighandmightyrobbergangsthatruntheCostaguanaGovernment.Whatdoyouthink,Mr.Gould,eh?”

           HebentforwardtolooksteadilyintotheunflinchingeyesofCharlesGould,who,rememberingthelargeboxfullofhisfather’sletters,puttheaccumulatedscornandbitternessofmanyyearsintothetoneofhisanswer

           “Asfarastheknowledgeofthesemenandtheirmethodsandtheirpoliticsisconcerned,Icananswerformyself.IhavebeenfedonthatsortofknowledgesinceIwasaboy.Iamnotlikelytofallintomistakesfromexcessofoptimism.”

           “Notlikely,eh?That’sallright.Tactandastiffupperlipiswhatyou’llwant;andyoucouldbluffalittleonthestrengthofyourbacking.Nottoomuch,though.Wewillgowithyouaslongasthethingrunsstraight.Butwewon’tbedrawnintoanylargetrouble.ThisistheexperimentwhichIamwillingtomake.Thereissomerisk,andwewilltakeit;butifyoucan’tkeepupyourend,wewillstandourloss,ofcourse,andthenwe’llletthethinggo.

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