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Chapter 13. The Progress of an Epidemic

           ‘Ahardcaseithasbeen,andahardcaseitisonDoyce,’hefinishedbysaying,withallthehonestfeelingthetopicrousedinhim.

           ‘Hardindeed,’Pancksacquiesced.‘Butyoumanageforhim,MrClennam?’

           ‘Howdoyoumean?’

           ‘Managethemoneypartofthebusiness?’

           ‘Yes.AswellasIcan.’

           ‘Manageitbetter,sir,’saidPancks.‘Recompensehimforhistoilsanddisappointments.Givehimthechancesofthetime.He’llneverbenefithimselfinthatway,patientandpreoccupiedworkman.Helookstoyou,sir.’

           ‘Idomybest,Pancks,’returnedClennam,uneasily.‘AstodulyweighingandconsideringthesenewenterprisesofwhichIhavehadnoexperience,IdoubtifIamfitforit,Iamgrowingold.’

           ‘Growingold?’criedPancks.‘Ha,ha!’

           Therewassomethingsoindubitablygenuineinthewonderfullaugh,andseriesofsnortsandpuffs,engenderedinMrPancks’sastonishmentat,andutterrejectionof,theidea,thathisbeingquiteinearnestcouldnotbequestioned.

           ‘Growingold?’criedPancks.‘Hear,hear,hear!Old?Hearhim,hearhim!’

           ThepositiverefusalexpressedinMrPancks’scontinuedsnorts,nolessthanintheseexclamations,toentertainthesentimentforasingleinstant,droveArthurawayfromit.Indeed,hewasfearfulofsomethinghappeningtoMrPancksintheviolentconflictthattookplacebetweenthebreathhejerkedoutofhimselfandthesmokehejerkedintohimself.Thisabandonmentofthesecondtopicthrewhimonthethird.

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