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pleaded Hamlet. "How can I do any more than I have done? I've offered you the _Gehenna_," retorted Charon. PLEADED HAMLET HOW CAN I DO ANY MORE THAN I'VE DONE I'VE OFFERED YOU THE GEHENNA RETORTED CHARON
isfortunes 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. 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. I was hysterical as a woman yesterday afternoon—so hysterical that I came near upsetting one of the Furies who engaged me to row her down to Madame Medusa’s villa last evening; and right at the sluice of the vitriol reservoir at that.” [Picture: You are very much mistaken, Sir Walter] “Then why the deuce don’t you do something to help us?” D 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 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 I WAS HYSTERICAL AS A WOMAN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SO HYSTERICAL THAT I CAME HERE UPSETTING ONE OF THE FURIES WHO ENGAGED ME TO ROW HER DOWN TO MADAME MEDUCE'S VILLA LAST EVENING AND WRITE AT THE SLUICE OF THE VITRIOL RESERVOIR AT THAT THEN WHY THE DEUCE DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING TO HELP US
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