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"
Because
Mike
doesn
’
t
need
it
and
it
would
cripple
him
worse
than
any
physical
handicap
.
Wealth
–
great
wealth
–
is
a
curse
?
unless
you
are
devoted
to
the
money
making
game
for
its
own
sake
.
And
even
then
it
has
serious
drawbacks
.
"
"
Oh
,
nonsense
,
Jubal
,
you
talk
like
a
harem
guard
trying
to
convince
a
whole
man
of
the
advantages
of
being
a
eunuch
.
Pardon
me
.
"
"
Very
possibly
.
"
agreed
Jubal
,
"
and
perhaps
for
the
same
reason
;
the
human
mind
’
s
ability
to
rationalize
its
own
shortcomings
into
virtues
is
unlimited
,
and
I
am
no
exception
.
Since
I
,
like
yourself
,
sir
,
have
no
interest
in
money
other
than
to
spend
it
,
there
has
never
been
the
slightest
chance
that
I
would
acquire
any
significant
degree
of
wealth
just
enough
for
my
vices
.
Nor
any
real
danger
that
I
would
fail
to
scrounge
that
modest
amount
,
since
anyone
with
the
savvy
not
to
draw
to
a
small
pair
can
always
manage
to
feed
his
vices
,
whether
they
be
tithing
or
chewing
betel
nut
.
But
great
wealth
?
You
saw
that
performance
this
morning
.
Now
answer
me
truthfully
.
Do
you
think
I
could
have
revised
it
slightly
so
that
I
myself
acquired
all
that
plunder
–
become
its
sole
manager
and
de
facto
owner
while
milking
off
for
my
own
use
any
income
I
cared
to
name
–
and
still
have
rigged
the
other
issues
so
that
Douglas
would
have
supported
the
outcome
?
Could
I
have
done
that
,
sir
?
Mike
trusts
me
;
I
am
his
water
brother
.
Could
I
have
stolen
his
fortune
and
so
arranged
it
that
the
government
in
the
person
of
Mr
.
Douglas
would
have
condoned
it
?
"
"
Uh
?
damn
you
,
Jubal
,
I
suppose
you
could
have
.
"
"
Most
certainly
I
could
have
.
Because
our
sometimes
estimable
Secretary
General
is
no
more
a
money
-
seeker
than
you
are
.
His
drive
is
political
power
–
a
drum
whose
beat
I
do
not
hear
.
Had
I
guaranteed
to
Douglas
(
oh
,
gracefully
,
of
course
–
there
is
decorum
even
among
thieves
)
that
the
Smith
estate
would
continue
to
bulwark
his
administration
,
then
I
would
have
been
left
undisturbed
to
do
as
I
liked
with
the
income
and
had
my
acting
guardianship
made
legal
.
"
Jubal
shuddered
.
"
I
thought
that
I
was
going
to
have
to
do
exactly
that
,
simply
to
protect
Mike
from
the
vultures
gathered
around
him
–
and
I
was
panic
-
stricken
.
Captain
,
you
obviously
don
’
t
know
what
an
Old
Man
of
the
Sea
great
wealth
is
.
It
is
not
a
fat
purse
and
time
to
spend
it
.
Its
owner
finds
himself
beset
on
every
side
,
at
every
hour
,
wherever
he
goes
,
by
persistent
pleaders
,
like
beggars
in
Bombay
,
each
demanding
that
he
invest
or
give
away
part
of
his
wealth
.
He
becomes
suspicious
of
honest
friendship
–
indeed
honest
friendship
is
rarely
offered
him
;
those
who
could
have
been
his
friends
are
too
fastidious
to
be
jostled
by
beggars
,
too
proud
to
risk
being
mistaken
for
one
.
"
Worse
yet
,
his
life
and
the
lives
of
his
family
are
always
in
danger
.
Captain
,
have
your
daughters
ever
been
threatened
with
kidnapping
?
"
"
What
?
Good
Lord
,
I
should
hope
not
!
"
