Chapter 52

           FromLittleBritainIwent,withmycheckinmypocket,toMissSkiffins’sbrother,theaccountant;andMissSkiffins’sbrother,theaccountant,goingstraighttoClarriker’sandbringingClarrikertome,Ihadthegreatsatisfactionofconcludingthatarrangement.ItwastheonlygoodthingIhaddone,andtheonlycompletedthingIhaddone,sinceIwasfirstapprisedofmygreatexpectations.

           ClarrikerinformingmeonthatoccasionthattheaffairsoftheHouseweresteadilyprogressing,thathewouldnowbeabletoestablishasmallbranch-houseintheEastwhichwasmuchwantedfortheextensionofthebusiness,andthatHerbertinhisnewpartnershipcapacitywouldgooutandtakechargeofit,IfoundthatImusthavepreparedforaseparationfrommyfriend,eventhoughmyownaffairshadbeenmoresettled.Andnow,indeed,Ifeltasifmylastanchorwerelooseningitshold,andIshouldsoonbedrivingwiththewindsandwaves.

           ButtherewasrecompenseinthejoywithwhichHerbertwouldcomehomeofanightandtellmeofthesechanges,littleimaginingthathetoldmenonews,andwouldsketchairypicturesofhimselfconductingClaraBarleytothelandoftheArabianNights,andofmegoingouttojointhem(withacaravanofcamels,Ibelieve),andofourallgoinguptheNileandseeingwonders.

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