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Chapter 23. Machinery in Motion

           ItoccurredtoArthurthatafarmoreelaborateandtakingshowofbusiness—suchastherecordsoftheCircumlocutionOfficemadeperhaps—mightbefarlessserviceable,asbeingmeanttobefarlessintelligible.

           Threeorfourdaysofsteadyapplicationtenderedhimmasterofallthefactsitwasessentialtobecomeacquaintedwith.MrMeagleswasathandthewholetime,alwaysreadytoilluminateanydimplacewiththebrightlittlesafety-lampbelongingtothescalesandscoop.Betweenthemtheyagreeduponthesumitwouldbefairtoofferforthepurchaseofahalf-shareinthebusiness,andthenMrMeaglesunsealedapaperinwhichDanielDoycehadnotedtheamountatwhichhevaluedit;whichwasevensomethingless.Thus,whenDanielcameback,hefoundtheaffairasgoodasconcluded.

           ‘AndImaynowavow,MrClennam,’saidhe,withacordialshakeofthehand,‘thatifIhadlookedhighandlowforapartner,IbelieveIcouldnothavefoundonemoretomymind.’

           ‘Isaythesame,’saidClennam.

           ‘AndIsayofbothofyou,’addedMrMeagles,‘thatyouarewellmatched.Youkeephimincheck,Clennam,withyourcommonsense,andyousticktotheWorks,Dan,withyour—’

           ‘Uncommonsense?’suggestedDaniel,withhisquietsmile.

           ‘Youmaycallitso,ifyoulike—andeachofyouwillbearighthandtotheother.Here’smyownrighthanduponit,asapracticalman,tobothofyou.’

           Thepurchasewascompletedwithinamonth.ItleftArthurinpossessionofprivatepersonalmeansnotexceedingafewhundredpounds;butitopenedtohimanactiveandpromisingcareer.

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