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captaindaveeansfondofhiselderappre
seldohathespoketohirobertashfordeenand
nieen.heallerthancyril,butitwouldhavebeen
difficulttojudgehisagebyhisface,hhadawizenedlook;
and,asnelliesaidoneday,inhisabsence,heghtpassverywell
forsixty.
itoseethatrobertashfordheartily
dislikedhithevertshathethrehetableat
alti,andtheuedhisheadandfeigobe
toobusytonoticehishepassedthroughtheshop,
indicationsofillfrost,a
boyoffifteen;hegaveidlad.hedid
notappeartosharehisradeshostilitytohibutonceor
teoutfroheofficeafterkingupthe
ahan
expressionofay,ifnotofterror.
”ifitself,”thattosclearlytoo
nervousandtidtoventureuponanactofdishoy,ishouldsay
thathehadbeenpilferingsothing;butifeelsurethathewould
notattetsubynoaain
thatrobertashford,hhisfoxyfadcrosseyes,
stealhisstersgoodsoranyoneelsesdidhegetthece.
unlesshepunity,for
everythinghereiscarriedoninsuchafreeandeasyfashionthat
anyauntofgoodsghtbecarriedoffissed.”
afterthinkierover,hesaid,oeoonwhenhis
eloyertheats,
”ihavenotseenanythingofastockbook,captaindave.everything
elseisnht,andbalaotoday.hereisthebookoodssold,thebookofgoodsreceived,andtheledgerhthe
aostallthe
otherplaceswhereiwork.”
”doihastockbook”captaindaveasked.
”youotknoandhoutit,”cyrilreplied.”youknow
houchyouhavepaid,andhouchyouhavereceivedduringthe
year;butunlessyouhaveastockbookyoudonotkhe
differehereceiptsandexpenditurerepresentsprofit,
forthestockyhavesofalleninvalueduringtheyearthatyou
yreallyhavedealossingtokeaprofit.”
”hohatbe”captaindaveasked.”igetafairprofitonevery
article.”
”thereoughttobeaprofit,ofurse,”es
itisfoundnottobeso.reover,ifthereisastockbookyou
tellatanyti,houtthetroubleofopeningbinsandweighing
tal,houchstockyouhaveofeacharticleyousell,and
orderyoodsagly.”
”hohat”
”itisverysile,captaindave,”cyrilsaid.”aftertakingstockof
thehegoods,ishouldhavealedgerinicle
oretoitself,andeverydayishouldenter
froohnofthegoodsthathavego,
eaent,ifyouoask
houchyouhadgotinstockiuldtellyou.
akestocklast”
”ishouldsayitonthssiwasonly
yesterdayjohnerhaveathh
overhauling.”
”quiteti,too,ishouldthink,captaindave.isupposeyouhave
gottheatofyourlaststocktaking,hthedateofit”
”oh,yes,ihavegotthat;”aainunlockedhisdeskand
tookoutanatbook.”ithasbeenlyingthereeversi
tookaen
inforafht,forofursejohnandtheboystendingto
theirusualduties.ihaveoftenewhyishouldhavehad
allthattroubleoveratterthathasneverbeenoftheslightest
useto.”
”again,sir;itisatrouble,nodoubt,
butyouagreatadvantage.”
”areyousureyouthinkitneedful,cyril”
”stneedful,captaindave.youheadva
afterwards.”
”ustbedohecaptainsaid,
hasigh;”butitoftroubletokeepthis
newbookofyours.”
”thatisnothing,sir.nohatihavegotalltheback
plettertokeepthedailyraight.ishallfind
aletitodoityhours.”
cyrilnors.dothehad
sobooksthatheakeupinhisrooingtobed,
heaskedhertoallotokeephislightbuing.
s.doted,butshookherheadandsaidhewould
assuredlyinjurehishealthifhe.
fortunately,johnopenedafreshsalesbook,and
thatheeparticularsinthe
backbooks.hefirstopeheledgerbyinscribinguheir
differeheauntofeachdescriptionofgoodskeptinstock
atthelaststocktaking,aereduheirrespective
headsallthesalesthathadbeende,epagehe
eheauntpuranthshardwork,andhe
fiontheverydaythattheakingncluded.
chapteriii
athiefsowhere
terthenclusionofthestocktaking,cyrilsaid,after
breakfastwasover,
”eanhouruphere
beforeyougodofreefortwo
hoursnoatterupoo
youprivately.”
”esurprised.”weshall
bequietenoughhere,assoonasthetableiscleared.daand
nellieaiddoupthes,andhenbe
sallyingoutrketing.”
aidhadclearedthetable,cyriland
retuedallerbooks.
”ihave,forthelastnth,captaindave,beenkingupthis
stoyoisfa.”
”bless,lad,akenallthattroublethisats,
then,foryourydahasbeen
quarrellinghyou”
”iterestingly.”now,yousee,sir,”
heon,openingthebigledger,”herearetheseparateats
undereachhead.thesepages,yousee,areforheavycablesfor
hahese,atthedateofthelaststocktaking,therewere,
ae,fivehuhoin
stock.thesearetheauntsyouhavepurchasedsinohe
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