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"
Ah
,
yes
!
The
religion
of
silver
and
iron
.
He
's
a
very
civil
man
,
though
he
looked
awfully
solemn
when
he
first
saw
the
Madonna
on
the
staircase
,
who
's
only
wood
and
paint
;
but
he
said
nothing
to
me
.
My
dear
Charley
,
I
heard
those
men
talk
among
themselves
.
Can
it
be
that
they
really
wish
to
become
,
for
an
immense
consideration
,
drawers
of
water
and
hewers
of
wood
to
all
the
countries
and
nations
of
the
earth
?
"
"
A
man
must
work
to
some
end
,
"
Charles
Gould
said
,
vaguely
.
Mrs.
Gould
,
frowning
,
surveyed
him
from
head
to
foot
.
With
his
riding
breeches
,
leather
leggings
(
an
article
of
apparel
never
before
seen
in
Costaguana
)
,
a
Norfolk
coat
of
grey
flannel
,
and
those
great
flaming
moustaches
,
he
suggested
an
officer
of
cavalry
turned
gentleman
farmer
.
This
combination
was
gratifying
to
Mrs.
Gould
's
tastes
.
"
How
thin
the
poor
boy
is
!
"
she
thought
.
"
He
overworks
himself
.
"
But
there
was
no
denying
that
his
fine-drawn
,
keen
red
face
,
and
his
whole
,
long-limbed
,
lank
person
had
an
air
of
breeding
and
distinction
.
And
Mrs.
Gould
relented
.
"
I
only
wondered
what
you
felt
,
"
she
murmured
,
gently
.
During
the
last
few
days
,
as
it
happened
,
Charles
Gould
had
been
kept
too
busy
thinking
twice
before
he
spoke
to
have
paid
much
attention
to
the
state
of
his
feelings
.
But
theirs
was
a
successful
match
,
and
he
had
no
difficulty
in
finding
his
answer
.
"
The
best
of
my
feelings
are
in
your
keeping
,
my
dear
,
"
he
said
,
lightly
;
and
there
was
so
much
truth
in
that
obscure
phrase
that
he
experienced
towards
her
at
the
moment
a
great
increase
of
gratitude
and
tenderness
.
Mrs.
Gould
,
however
,
did
not
seem
to
find
this
answer
in
the
least
obscure
.
She
brightened
up
delicately
;
already
he
had
changed
his
tone
.
"
But
there
are
facts
.
The
worth
of
the
mine
--
as
a
mine
--
is
beyond
doubt
.
It
shall
make
us
very
wealthy
.
The
mere
working
of
it
is
a
matter
of
technical
knowledge
,
which
I
have
--
which
ten
thousand
other
men
in
the
world
have
.
But
its
safety
,
its
continued
existence
as
an
enterprise
,
giving
a
return
to
men
--
to
strangers
,
comparative
strangers
--
who
invest
money
in
it
,
is
left
altogether
in
my
hands
.
I
have
inspired
confidence
in
a
man
of
wealth
and
position
.
You
seem
to
think
this
perfectly
natural
--
do
you
?
Well
,
I
do
n't
know
.
I
do
n't
know
why
I
have
;
but
it
is
a
fact
.
This
fact
makes
everything
possible
,
because
without
it
I
would
never
have
thought
of
disregarding
my
father
's
wishes
.
I
would
never
have
disposed
of
the
Concession
as
a
speculator
disposes
of
a
valuable
right
to
a
company
--
for
cash
and
shares
,
to
grow
rich
eventually
if
possible
,
but
at
any
rate
to
put
some
money
at
once
in
his
pocket
.
No
.
Even
if
it
had
been
feasible
--
which
I
doubt
--
I
would
not
have
done
so
.
Poor
father
did
not
understand
.
He
was
afraid
I
would
hang
on
to
the
ruinous
thing
,
waiting
for
just
some
such
chance
,
and
waste
my
life
miserably
.
That
was
the
true
sense
of
his
prohibition
,
which
we
have
deliberately
set
aside
.
"
They
were
walking
up
and
down
the
corredor
.
Her
head
just
reached
to
his
shoulder
.
His
arm
,
extended
downwards
,
was
about
her
waist
.
His
spurs
jingled
slightly
.
