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www.192.twhihedoesnotlookoraightinthefaceas
oneandaboveboardshoulddo.ishallhavetokeepa
clerk,andiknht,andi
shallnotfeeloaster;heycrew
altogether.ineverlikedpursers;stofthererogues.still,i
supposeitstetothat.”
”ihaveaboyeintoybillsandtokeupats,
theladforyou,captaindave.heisthesonofa
brokendoheisasteady,hoyoungfellow,andi
fancyhispenkeepshisfather,eringblade,andspends
stofhistiatthetaves.theboyestoforanhour,
tesasgoodahandasanyclerkandreas
quickly,andipayhiutagroatahwasallheasked.”
”tellhioeto,then.ishouldeveryday,ifhe
uld,andite.”
”iaureyou,”theothersaid;”heisagoodlooking
youngfellondation.
ie;ithoughtthere
uanabouthihehasgoodnners,anda
geofeallhislife,and
thoughhehasneversaidanythingabouthisfalyialks
butlittle,hejustesinanddoeshisy
hisfatherenandofgoodblood.”
”hatdoesntsoundsohesailorsaid,”butanyhowi
shouldliketohavealookathi”
”heestotorroan
said,”andiroundtoyouwhenhehasdone.”
oingtotheshipsstore.
”soyouaretheladthatyneighbouranderson”captain
davesaid,ashesurveyedhilosely.”ilikeyourlooks,lad,buti
doubtanoldsailor,youknow,
andiauiywords,soifyou
arequie.”
”idontthinkiaikelytotakeoffence,”cyrilsaidquietly;”and
ife
thatyoudonteanylonger;butitrustyouhave
oftentheoccasiontousehardy
besttopleaseyou.”
”youtsayre,lad.ushaveatasteofyourquality.
einhere,”andheledhintoalittlerooartitionedofffrobr >
theshop.”there,yousee,”andheopenedabook,”istheatof
thesalesandordersyesterday;thereadyneysaleshavegottobe
ehatledgeroney
passedhavetobeehevariouscustorsorshipsinthe
ledger.ihavedeoutalisthereitisoftsthat
havetobedrathatledgeraintocustors.you
eofthereofsolongstanding,forihavebeen
puttingoffthatjob.sityoudownhere.whenyouhavedoneoneor
tiyourhatis
satisfactoryalkastohoursyouhavegot
disengaged,anddaysintheyoubest.”
iteinagain.cyrilhadjust
fiheeoftheatshe
sotitodecipherit.
”ingon,lad”thecaptainasked.
”ihavethisntfihelastat.”
”eantosaythatyouhavedohellwould
havetakenalleveningsforaethebooks;it
isbesttodothingsshipshape.”
hefirstparedthelistofthesaleshtheentries,andthen
cyrilhandedhihetshehaddraaindavid
didnotspeakuntilhehadfinishedlookingthroughthe
”ihavebelievedallthatwo
hours,”hesaid,gettingupfroischair.”orderlyandwell
ten,andhoutablot.thekiaryuldnothavedone
betterofsalesforaday,andi
takeitthatbeabouttheaverage,soifyouethreetisaweek
youoeheledger.there
arealotofotherbooksfatherusedtokeep,butihaveneverhad
titobotherselfabouttheandasihavegotonverywellso
far,idonotseeanyoypartitsee
tothatallthesebooksareonlyiedbyclerkstogive
theelvessothingtodotofilluptheirti.ofurse,there
beatstosendouteveryday.doyouthinkhtwohours,
threetisahingsstraight”
”ishouldcertainlythinkso,sir,butihardlysayuntilitry,
beustbeagreatnyite,andi
tsayhoakeenteringallthegoodsreceivedunder
theirproperheadings;butifthebooksarethhlydeupnow,i
shouldthinkiuldkeepthellgoing.”
”thattheyarenot,”captaindavidsaidruefully;”theyareall
horriblyinarrears.itookselfthreeyearsago,
andthoughispendthreehourseveryevening,they
getfurtherandfurtherinarrears.lookatthosefilesoverthere,”
andhepoihreela
largebundleofpapers;”iafraidyouall
upbeforeyougetttersintoshipshapeorder.thedailysale
bookistheonlyohathasbeeupregularly.”
”buttheseatsihavedeup,sirprobablyinthosefiles
therearenyoodssuppliedtothesapeople.”
”ofursethereare,lad,thoughididnotthinkofitbefore.well,
ustakeupthearrearsabit,thoughi
reallyeneyin.”
”ightofeachbillatdeup
to,aieofthelatestentrycharged.”
”thatally,ladididnotthinkofthat.iseeyou
e.ibuyandsell,foriknohevalue
ofthegoodsidealin;butastoats,theyarealtogetherout
ofdoyoucharge”
”ichargeagroatfortetoyou
threetisaforalittleless.”
”no,lad,idonttobeatyoudothinkyou
chargeenough.houssay,tobeginh,threegroatsa
week.”
thishadbeensixoh;andin
theintervalcyrilhadgraduallyhearrears,andhad
allthebooksiodate,totheastonishntofhis
eloyer.
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