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As janitor of your club I am really prostrated over the events of the past twenty four hours. My occupation is gone, and my despair over your loss is correspondingly greater, for I have time on my hands to brood over it. AS JANITOR OF YOUR CLUB I AM REALLY PROSTRATED OVER THE EVENTS OF THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS MY OCCUPATION IS GONE AND MY DESPAIR OVER YOUR LOSS IS CORRESPONDINGLY GREATER FOR I HAVE TIME ON MY HANDS TO BROOD OVER IT
mmittee, and sympathized deeply with the members of the association in their trouble, as president of the Styx Navigation Company he was bound up in certain newly attained commercial ideas which were embarrassing to those members of the association to whose hands the chartering of a vessel had been committed. “See here, Charon,” Sir Walter Raleigh had said, after Charon had expressed himself as deeply sympathetic, but unable to shave the terms upon which the vessel could be had, “you are an infernal old hypocrite. You go about wringing your hands over our misfortunes until they’ve got as dry and flabby as a pair of kid gloves, and yet when we ask you for a ship of suitable size and speed to go out after those pirates, you become a sort of twin brother to Shylock, without his excuse. His instincts are accidents of birth. Yours are cultivated, and you know it.” “You are very much mistaken, Sir Walter,” Charon had answered to this. “You don’t understand my position. It is a very hard one. E WILL OF THE HOUSE BOAT COMMITTEE AND SYMPATHIZED DEEPLY WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION IN THEIR TROUBLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE STICKS NAVIGATION COMPANY HE WAS BOUND UP IN CERTAIN NEWLY ATTAINED COMMERCIAL IDEAS WHICH WERE EMBARRASSING TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION TO WHOSE HANDS THE CHARTERING OF A VESSEL HAD BEEN COMMITTED SEE HERE CHEIRON SIR WALTER RALEIGH HAD SAID AFTER CHEIRON HAD EXPRESSED HIMSELF AS DEEPLY SYMPATHETIC BUT UNABLE TO SHAVE THE TERMS UPON WHICH THE VESSEL COULD BE HAD YOU'RE AN INFERNAL OLD HYPOCRITE YOU GO ABOUT BRINGING ALL HANDS OVER OUR MISFORTUNES UNTIL THEY'VE GOT AS DRY AND FLABBY AS A PAIR OF KID GLOVES AND YET WHEN WE ASK YOU FOR A SHIP OF SUITABLE SIZE AND SPEED TO GO OUT AFTER THOSE PIRATES YOU BECOME A SORT OF TWIN BROTHER TO SHYLOCK WITHOUT HIS EXCUSE HIS INSTINCTS ARE ACCIDENTS OF BIRTH YOURS ARE CULTIVATED AND YOU KNOW IT YOU ARE VERY MUCH MISTAKEN SIR WALTER CHERON HAD ANSWERED TO THIS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND MY POSITION IT'S A VERY HARD ONE
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