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His eyes, of the usual blue, were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe. But even at these times the rest of his person seemed to disclaim the intention. Otherwise there was only an indefinable, faint expression of his lips, something stealthy - a smile- not a smile- I remember it, but I can't explain. It was unconscious, this smile was, though just after he had said something it got intensified for an instant. It came at the end of his speeches like a seal applied to the words to make the meaning of the commonest phrase appear absolutely inscrutable.
Why 23 shouldn't I try to get charge of one? I went on along Fleet Street, o but could not shake off the idea. The snake had charmed me. "You understand it was a Continental concern, that Trading Society; but I have a lot of relations living on the Continent, because it's cheap and not so nasty as it looks, they say. "I am sorry to own I began to worry them. This was already a fresh departure for me. I was not used to get things that way, you know. I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.
He was silent for a while. 'He is a prodigy,' he said at last. 'He is an emissary of pity, and science, and progress, and devil knows what else. ' I asked. 'Lots of them,' he replied. ' I interrupted, really surprised. He paid no attention. 'Yes. To-day he is chief of the best station, next year he will be assistant-manager, two years 41 more and ... but I daresay you know what he will be in two years' time. You are of the new gang- the gang of virtue. The same people who sent him specially also recommended you.