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"
If
you
intend
to
build
villages
and
assemble
a
population
near
the
mine
,
you
shall
require
a
decree
of
the
Minister
of
the
Interior
for
that
,
"
he
suggested
in
a
business-like
manner
.
"
I
have
already
sent
a
memorial
,
"
said
Charles
Gould
,
steadily
,
"
and
I
reckon
now
confidently
upon
your
Excellency
's
favourable
conclusions
.
"
The
Excellency
was
a
man
of
many
moods
.
With
the
receipt
of
the
money
a
great
mellowness
had
descended
upon
his
simple
soul
.
Unexpectedly
he
fetched
a
deep
sigh
.
"
Ah
,
Don
Carlos
!
What
we
want
is
advanced
men
like
you
in
the
province
.
The
lethargy
--
the
lethargy
of
these
aristocrats
!
The
want
of
public
spirit
!
The
absence
of
all
enterprise
!
I
,
with
my
profound
studies
in
Europe
,
you
understand
--
"
With
one
hand
thrust
into
his
swelling
bosom
,
he
rose
and
fell
on
his
toes
,
and
for
ten
minutes
,
almost
without
drawing
breath
,
went
on
hurling
himself
intellectually
to
the
assault
of
Charles
Gould
's
polite
silence
;
and
when
,
stopping
abruptly
,
he
fell
back
into
his
chair
,
it
was
as
though
he
had
been
beaten
off
from
a
fortress
.
To
save
his
dignity
he
hastened
to
dismiss
this
silent
man
with
a
solemn
inclination
of
the
head
and
the
words
,
pronounced
with
moody
,
fatigued
condescension
--
"
You
may
depend
upon
my
enlightened
goodwill
as
long
as
your
conduct
as
a
good
citizen
deserves
it
.
"
He
took
up
a
paper
fan
and
began
to
cool
himself
with
a
consequential
air
,
while
Charles
Gould
bowed
and
withdrew
.
Then
he
dropped
the
fan
at
once
,
and
stared
with
an
appearance
of
wonder
and
perplexity
at
the
closed
door
for
quite
a
long
time
.
At
last
he
shrugged
his
shoulders
as
if
to
assure
himself
of
his
disdain
.
Cold
,
dull
.
No
intellectuality
.
Red
hair
.
A
true
Englishman
.
He
despised
him
.
His
face
darkened
.
What
meant
this
unimpressed
and
frigid
behaviour
?
He
was
the
first
of
the
successive
politicians
sent
out
from
the
capital
to
rule
the
Occidental
Province
whom
the
manner
of
Charles
Gould
in
official
intercourse
was
to
strike
as
offensively
independent
.
Charles
Gould
assumed
that
if
the
appearance
of
listening
to
deplorable
balderdash
must
form
part
of
the
price
he
had
to
pay
for
being
left
unmolested
,
the
obligation
of
uttering
balderdash
personally
was
by
no
means
included
in
the
bargain
.
He
drew
the
line
there
.
To
these
provincial
autocrats
,
before
whom
the
peaceable
population
of
all
classes
had
been
accustomed
to
tremble
,
the
reserve
of
that
English-looking
engineer
caused
an
uneasiness
which
swung
to
and
fro
between
cringing
and
truculence
.
Gradually
all
of
them
discovered
that
,
no
matter
what
party
was
in
power
,
that
man
remained
in
most
effective
touch
with
the
higher
authorities
in
Sta
.
Marta
.
