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Chapter 6

           Gould’swhitemules,hehadsaidinCharles’sroom

           “Yougoaheadinyourownway,andIshallknowhowtohelpyouaslongasyouholdyourown.Butyoumayrestassuredthatinagivencaseweshallknowhowtodropyouintime.”

           TothisCharlesGould’sonlyanswerhadbeen:“Youmaybeginsendingoutthemachineryassoonasyoulike.”

           Andthegreatmanhadlikedthisimperturbableassurance.ThesecretofitwasthattoCharlesGould’smindtheseuncompromisingtermswereagreeable.Likethistheminepreserveditsidentity,withwhichhehadendoweditasaboy;anditremaineddependentonhimselfalone.Itwasaseriousaffair,andhe,too,tookitgrimly.

           “Ofcourse,”hesaidtohiswife,alludingtothislastconversationwiththedepartedguest,whiletheywalkedslowlyupanddownthecorredor,followedbytheirritatedeyeoftheparrot“ofcourse,amanofthatsortcantakeupathingordropitwhenhelikes.Hewillsufferfromnosenseofdefeat.Hemayhavetogivein,orhemayhavetodieto-morrow,butthegreatsilverandironinterestswillsurvive,andsomedaywillgetholdofCostaguanaalongwiththerestoftheworld.”

           Theyhadstoppednearthecage.Theparrot,catchingthesoundofawordbelongingtohisvocabulary,wasmovedtointerfere.Parrotsareveryhuman.

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