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‘
Oddity
,
’
Mr
Meagles
struck
in
.
‘
I
should
think
so
!
’
It
was
not
exactly
the
word
on
Clennam
’
s
lips
,
but
he
forbore
to
interrupt
his
good
-
humoured
friend
.
‘
And
now
,
’
added
Mr
Meagles
,
‘
you
can
begin
to
look
into
matters
as
soon
as
you
think
proper
.
I
have
undertaken
to
explain
where
you
may
want
explanation
,
but
to
be
strictly
impartial
,
and
to
do
nothing
more
.
’
They
began
their
perquisitions
in
Bleeding
Heart
Yard
that
same
forenoon
.
Little
peculiarities
were
easily
to
be
detected
by
experienced
eyes
in
Mr
Doyce
’
s
way
of
managing
his
affairs
,
but
they
almost
always
involved
some
ingenious
simplification
of
a
difficulty
,
and
some
plain
road
to
the
desired
end
.
That
his
papers
were
in
arrear
,
and
that
he
stood
in
need
of
assistance
to
develop
the
capacity
of
his
business
,
was
clear
enough
;
but
all
the
results
of
his
undertakings
during
many
years
were
distinctly
set
forth
,
and
were
ascertainable
with
ease
.
Nothing
had
been
done
for
the
purposes
of
the
pending
investigation
;
everything
was
in
its
genuine
working
dress
,
and
in
a
certain
honest
rugged
order
.
The
calculations
and
entries
,
in
his
own
hand
,
of
which
there
were
many
,
were
bluntly
written
,
and
with
no
very
neat
precision
;
but
were
always
plain
and
directed
straight
to
the
purpose
.
It
occurred
to
Arthur
that
a
far
more
elaborate
and
taking
show
of
business
—
such
as
the
records
of
the
Circumlocution
Office
made
perhaps
—
might
be
far
less
serviceable
,
as
being
meant
to
be
far
less
intelligible
.
Three
or
four
days
of
steady
application
tendered
him
master
of
all
the
facts
it
was
essential
to
become
acquainted
with
.
Mr
Meagles
was
at
hand
the
whole
time
,
always
ready
to
illuminate
any
dim
place
with
the
bright
little
safety
-
lamp
belonging
to
the
scales
and
scoop
.
Between
them
they
agreed
upon
the
sum
it
would
be
fair
to
offer
for
the
purchase
of
a
half
-
share
in
the
business
,
and
then
Mr
Meagles
unsealed
a
paper
in
which
Daniel
Doyce
had
noted
the
amount
at
which
he
valued
it
;
which
was
even
something
less
.
Thus
,
when
Daniel
came
back
,
he
found
the
affair
as
good
as
concluded
.
‘
And
I
may
now
avow
,
Mr
Clennam
,
’
said
he
,
with
a
cordial
shake
of
the
hand
,
‘
that
if
I
had
looked
high
and
low
for
a
partner
,
I
believe
I
could
not
have
found
one
more
to
my
mind
.
’
‘
I
say
the
same
,
’
said
Clennam
.
‘
And
I
say
of
both
of
you
,
’
added
Mr
Meagles
,
‘
that
you
are
well
matched
.
You
keep
him
in
check
,
Clennam
,
with
your
common
sense
,
and
you
stick
to
the
Works
,
Dan
,
with
your
—
’
‘
Uncommon
sense
?
’
suggested
Daniel
,
with
his
quiet
smile
.
