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“
Lyman
is
doing
well
,
”
answered
Magnus
.
“
I
could
wish
he
was
more
pronounced
in
his
convictions
,
less
willing
to
compromise
,
but
I
believe
him
to
be
earnest
and
to
have
a
talent
for
government
and
civics
.
His
ambition
does
him
credit
,
and
if
he
occupied
himself
a
little
more
with
means
and
a
little
less
with
ends
,
he
would
,
I
am
sure
,
be
the
ideal
servant
of
the
people
.
But
I
am
not
afraid
.
The
time
will
come
when
the
State
will
be
proud
of
him
.
”
As
Harran
turned
the
team
into
the
driveway
that
led
up
to
Annixter
’
s
house
,
Magnus
remarked
:
“
Harran
,
isn
’
t
that
young
Annixter
himself
on
the
porch
?
”
Harran
nodded
and
remarked
:
“
By
the
way
,
Governor
,
I
wouldn
’
t
seem
too
cordial
in
your
invitation
to
Annixter
.
He
will
be
glad
to
come
,
I
know
,
but
if
you
seem
to
want
him
too
much
,
it
is
just
like
his
confounded
obstinacy
to
make
objections
.
”
“
There
is
something
in
that
,
”
observed
Magnus
,
as
Harran
drew
up
at
the
porch
of
the
house
.
“
He
is
a
queer
,
cross
-
grained
fellow
,
but
in
many
ways
sterling
.
”
Annixter
was
lying
in
the
hammock
on
the
porch
,
precisely
as
Presley
had
found
him
the
day
before
,
reading
“
David
Copperfield
”
and
stuffing
himself
with
dried
prunes
.
When
he
recognised
Magnus
,
however
,
he
got
up
,
though
careful
to
give
evidence
of
the
most
poignant
discomfort
.
He
explained
his
difficulty
at
great
length
,
protesting
that
his
stomach
was
no
better
than
a
spongebag
.
Would
Magnus
and
Harran
get
down
and
have
a
drink
?
There
was
whiskey
somewhere
about
.
Magnus
,
however
,
declined
.
He
stated
his
errand
,
asking
Annixter
to
come
over
to
Los
Muertos
that
evening
for
seven
o
’
clock
dinner
.
Osterman
and
Broderson
would
be
there
.
At
once
Annixter
,
even
to
Harran
’
s
surprise
,
put
his
chin
in
the
air
,
making
excuses
,
fearing
to
compromise
himself
if
he
accepted
too
readily
.
No
,
he
did
not
think
he
could
get
around
—
was
sure
of
it
,
in
fact
.
There
were
certain
businesses
he
had
on
hand
that
evening
.
He
had
practically
made
an
appointment
with
a
man
at
Bonneville
;
then
,
too
,
he
was
thinking
of
going
up
to
San
Francisco
to
-
morrow
and
needed
his
sleep
;
would
go
to
bed
early
;
and
besides
all
that
,
he
was
a
very
sick
man
;
his
stomach
was
out
of
whack
;
if
he
moved
about
it
brought
the
gripes
back
.
No
,
they
must
get
along
without
him
.
