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However
,
here
we
possess
the
advantage
of
having
only
one
South
American
Government
hanging
around
for
plunder
out
of
the
deal
.
It
is
an
advantage
;
but
then
there
are
degrees
of
badness
,
and
that
Government
is
the
Costaguana
Government
.
"
Thus
spoke
the
considerable
personage
,
the
millionaire
endower
of
churches
on
a
scale
befitting
the
greatness
of
his
native
land
--
the
same
to
whom
the
doctors
used
the
language
of
horrid
and
veiled
menaces
.
He
was
a
big-limbed
,
deliberate
man
,
whose
quiet
burliness
lent
to
an
ample
silk-faced
frock-coat
a
superfine
dignity
.
His
hair
was
iron
grey
,
his
eyebrows
were
still
black
,
and
his
massive
profile
was
the
profile
of
a
Caesar
's
head
on
an
old
Roman
coin
.
But
his
parentage
was
German
and
Scotch
and
English
,
with
remote
strains
of
Danish
and
French
blood
,
giving
him
the
temperament
of
a
Puritan
and
an
insatiable
imagination
of
conquest
.
He
was
completely
unbending
to
his
visitor
,
because
of
the
warm
introduction
the
visitor
had
brought
from
Europe
,
and
because
of
an
irrational
liking
for
earnestness
and
determination
wherever
met
,
to
whatever
end
directed
.
"
The
Costaguana
Government
shall
play
its
hand
for
all
it
's
worth
--
and
do
n't
you
forget
it
,
Mr.
Gould
.
Now
,
what
is
Costaguana
?
It
is
the
bottomless
pit
of
10
per
cent
.
loans
and
other
fool
investments
.
European
capital
has
been
flung
into
it
with
both
hands
for
years
.
Not
ours
,
though
.
We
in
this
country
know
just
about
enough
to
keep
indoors
when
it
rains
.
We
can
sit
and
watch
.
Of
course
,
some
day
we
shall
step
in
.
We
are
bound
to
.
But
there
's
no
hurry
.
Time
itself
has
got
to
wait
on
the
greatest
country
in
the
whole
of
God
's
Universe
.
We
shall
be
giving
the
word
for
everything
:
industry
,
trade
,
law
,
journalism
,
art
,
politics
,
and
religion
,
from
Cape
Horn
clear
over
to
Smith
's
Sound
,
and
beyond
,
too
,
if
anything
worth
taking
hold
of
turns
up
at
the
North
Pole
.
And
then
we
shall
have
the
leisure
to
take
in
hand
the
outlying
islands
and
continents
of
the
earth
.
We
shall
run
the
world
's
business
whether
the
world
likes
it
or
not
.
The
world
ca
n't
help
it
--
and
neither
can
we
,
I
guess
.
"
By
this
he
meant
to
express
his
faith
in
destiny
in
words
suitable
to
his
intelligence
,
which
was
unskilled
in
the
presentation
of
general
ideas
.
His
intelligence
was
nourished
on
facts
;
and
Charles
Gould
,
whose
imagination
had
been
permanently
affected
by
the
one
great
fact
of
a
silver
mine
,
had
no
objection
to
this
theory
of
the
world
's
future
.
If
it
had
seemed
distasteful
for
a
moment
it
was
because
the
sudden
statement
of
such
vast
eventualities
dwarfed
almost
to
nothingness
the
actual
matter
in
hand
.
He
and
his
plans
and
all
the
mineral
wealth
of
the
Occidental
Province
appeared
suddenly
robbed
of
every
vestige
of
magnitude
.
The
sensation
was
disagreeable
;
but
Charles
Gould
was
not
dull
.
Already
he
felt
that
he
was
producing
a
favourable
impression
;
the
consciousness
of
that
flattering
fact
helped
him
to
a
vague
smile
,
which
his
big
interlocutor
took
for
a
smile
of
discreet
and
admiring
assent
.
He
smiled
quietly
,
too
;
and
immediately
Charles
Gould
,
with
that
mental
agility
mankind
will
display
in
defence
of
a
cherished
hope
,
reflected
that
the
very
apparent
insignificance
of
his
aim
would
help
him
to
success
.
His
personality
and
his
mine
would
be
taken
up
because
it
was
a
matter
of
no
great
consequence
,
one
way
or
another
,
to
a
man
who
referred
his
action
to
such
a
prodigious
destiny
.
And
Charles
Gould
was
not
humiliated
by
this
consideration
,
because
the
thing
remained
as
big
as
ever
for
him
.
Nobody
else
's
vast
conceptions
of
destiny
could
diminish
the
aspect
of
his
desire
for
the
redemption
of
the
San
Tome
mine
.
In
comparison
to
the
correctness
of
his
aim
,
definite
in
space
and
absolutely
attainable
within
a
limited
time
,
the
other
man
appeared
for
an
instant
as
a
dreamy
idealist
of
no
importance
.
The
great
man
,
massive
and
benignant
,
had
been
looking
at
him
thoughtfully
;
when
he
broke
the
short
silence
it
was
to
remark
that
concessions
flew
about
thick
in
the
air
of
Costaguana
.
Any
simple
soul
that
just
yearned
to
be
taken
in
could
bring
down
a
concession
at
the
first
shot
.
"
Our
consuls
get
their
mouths
stopped
with
them
,
"
he
continued
,
with
a
twinkle
of
genial
scorn
in
his
eyes
.
But
in
a
moment
he
became
grave
.
"
A
conscientious
,
upright
man
,
that
cares
nothing
for
boodle
,
and
keeps
clear
of
their
intrigues
,
conspiracies
,
and
factions
,
soon
gets
his
passports
.
See
that
,
Mr.
Gould
?
Persona
non
grata
.
That
's
the
reason
our
Government
is
never
properly
informed
.
On
the
other
hand
,
Europe
must
be
kept
out
of
this
continent
,
and
for
proper
interference
on
our
part
the
time
is
not
yet
ripe
,
I
dare
say
.
But
we
here
--
we
are
not
this
country
's
Government
,
neither
are
we
simple
souls
.
Your
affair
is
all
right
.
The
main
question
for
us
is
whether
the
second
partner
,
and
that
's
you
,
is
the
right
sort
to
hold
his
own
against
the
third
and
unwelcome
partner
,
which
is
one
or
another
of
the
high
and
mighty
robber
gangs
that
run
the
Costaguana
Government
.
What
do
you
think
,
Mr.
Gould
,
eh
?
"
He
bent
forward
to
look
steadily
into
the
unflinching
eyes
of
Charles
Gould
,
who
,
remembering
the
large
box
full
of
his
father
's
letters
,
put
the
accumulated
scorn
and
bitterness
of
many
years
into
the
tone
of
his
answer
--
