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Govr. and Compa. of the Bank of England would never
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break their promise to pay on rude demand , let
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alone on polite request .
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Cecil frowned in disappointment as he focussed upon the
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printing to find no Govr. , no Compa. , in fact no five pound notes
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at all . He was holding a paper booklet , the top sheet of which
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bore , in large Baskerville type , the words METROPOLITAN
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MONOTECHNIC INSTITUTE ADVANCED ACCOUNTANCY
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COURSE NO. 3 . He ruffled the sheets irritably and
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glowered at his own breach of social morality .
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He climbed the stairs , eager to unload the
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guilt-symbol upon the ticket-collector and then
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to emerge carrying his shame unseen , but burning ,
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into the night . He reached the barrier and
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fumbled for his contract before thrusting the
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briefcase at the ticket-collector with the firm
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intention of playing the dutiful citizen
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retrieving lost property .
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Before he could open his mouth , the collector
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stretched out a hand . ' Watch your step there , sir ! Your briefcase
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is hanging open . You 'll have someone shoving their hot
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little hands inside . Here , I 'll do it . ' The collector pressed the twinkling
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catch home with a click . Cecil , irretrievably laden with
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both briefcase and conscience , stumbled away
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into the darkness .
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' HELLO , CECIL . HAD a busy day ? ' His mother came into
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the hall as he opened the front door . He nodded irritably
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and , turning his back to her , contrived to slide the brief-
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case into hiding between the do-it-yourself cupboard
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and the polished brass fourteen-pounder shell-case
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which served respectively as coat cupboard and um-
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brella stand . ' You 're later than usual , aren't you ? '
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His mother tidied her grey hair in the hall-mirror
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they had once obtained as a free gift in exchange
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for the labels from half a hundredweight of
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Trunk and Greppes Tannin-free Tea .
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Cecil gritted his teeth and glowered at the
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inequity of Miss Cheesecake well-nigh bathing
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in tax-free champagne whilst he had to go
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easy on the immersion heater . ' What is it ,
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Cecil ? Don't you feel well ? ' his mother
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asked solicitously . ' You do look tired .
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Go and get yourself a drink . ' ' Don't
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fuss , mother ! I 'm quite well and no more
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tired than usual , and we finished the gin
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last week , you know that . '
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Cecil stepped towards the dining room . ' I 'm
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sure you must be tired , ' his mother insisted .
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' You 're very irritable , anyway . ' ' I 'm NOT tired
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and I 'm NOT irritable . ' ' Very well then . ' His
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mother nodded with understanding . ' You 're not tired .
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Nobody 's tired . Now just you run along
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upstairs and wash your hands whilst I get
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dinner ready . '
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Cecil wriggled irritably under the misplaced management
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of a mother who had failed to realise that a son
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who is nearly bald is no longer a baby . He started to
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climb the stairs , stamping with unnecessary vigour upon
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the treads . ' And don't wipe the dirt off on the
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towel like you did yesterday .
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Your Auntie Edie 's coming in for a cup of tea later and
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you know how she has a good look round everywhere . ' There was
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a tinkle and a thud from beside the coat cupboard . Cecil's
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mother turned around in time to see the briefcase collapse
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against the brass umbrella stand . ' Well now ! ' She hurried
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towards it and picked it up .
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' What have we here ? A new briefcase ! So THAT 'S
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what it 's all about . ' Cecil halted in
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mid-step near the top of the stairs and
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clenched his fists . ' So that 's what
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What 's all about ? ' he hissed without
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turning round . She pointed to the
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briefcase . ' So that 's why you are so
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irritable . You thought that I 'd think
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you 'd been extravagant . '
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' But I 'm NOT irritable ! ' He rushed down
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the stairs and , snatching the case , ran back
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upstairs with it . ' And I 've NOT been
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extravagant . ' " Naughty ! ' she called
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after him . ' Mother knows her boy .
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Arnold Olner
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In spite of all the transferred maternity
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she was endowed with by her patients ,
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poor Serena was an infant-in-arms as
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a buyer of property . No , not even an
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infant-in-arms but a new-born babe , a
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premature piece of frailty in an oxygen-
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tent of utter innocence . The complexity of
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that innocence was colossal . It had layer
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after layer of illusion to be peeled off and
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replaced with sad knowledgeability .
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It was a nakedness of nai"vety to be
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clothed leaf by leaf with the disappointment
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of experience . Her first illusion consisted in
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the belief that all she need do was to go to
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an agent , visit half a dozen houses in one
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day , choose one , make an offer , put it in
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the hands of a lawyer and go away on her
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holiday while the whole transaction was