? ? ? ? "It's my way to come to business."
? ? ? ? "I wish you were his reader, instead of that boy."
? ? ? ? "Well, I don't. I wouldn't want to he mewed up in that room with the old man every night. I should get tired to death of it."
? ? ? ? "You would have a chance to get him interested in you. That boy is artful; he is doing all he can to win Mr. Wharton's favor. He is the one you have most reason to dread."
? ? ? ? "Do you think he will do me any harm?"
? ? ? ? "I think he will injure your chances."
? ? ? ? "Egad! if I thought that, I'd wring the young rascal's neck."
? ? ? ? "There's a better way, Thomas."
? ? ? ? "What's that?"
? ? ? ? "Can't you get him dismissed from Gilbert & Mack's?"
? ? ? ? "I haven't enough influence with the firm."
? ? ? ? "Suppose they thought him dishonest?"
? ? ? ? "They'd give him the sack, of course.
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