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'Come! said the Captain, unspeakably encouraged, 'what do you say? Am I right or wrong? So much had the Captain expressed in his eye, emboldened and incited by Mr Carker's smiling urbanity, that he felt himself in as fair a condition to put the question, as if he had expressed his sentiments with the utmost elaboration. 'Right, said Mr Carker, 'I have no doubt.
'It is most extraordinary, said Carker, bringing every one of his red gums to bear upon his praise. 'I was not prepared for anything so beautiful, and so unusual altogether. This might have applied to the sketcher no less than to the sketch; but Mr Carker's manner was openness itself not as to his mouth alone, but as to his whole spirit.
The prodigal Rob seemed very much relieved to hear it: though still in the absorption of all his faculties in his patron, he hardly took his eyes from Mr Carker's face, unless for a moment at a time to steal a sorrowful glance at his mother. 'Then, said Mr Carker, 'I'll tell you how I have stumbled on this boy of yours, and who I am, and what I am going to do for him.
Then he lifted his voice and addressed Carker. "Hold on there, Greg!" he called. "You can't eat your soup with your fork! Why don't you use a spoon?" It was Carker's turn to be confused, but he forced a laugh. "I have a lamentable habit of becoming abstracted in pleasant company," he said. "Evidently you find your company extremely pleasant, Mr. Carker," observed Mrs.
'I know it, to my disappointment and regret. When I first came here, and ever since, I am sure I have tried to be as much your friend, as one of my age could presume to be; but it has been of no use. 'And observe, said the Manager, taking him up quickly, 'it will be of still less use, Gay, if you persist in forcing Mr John Carker's name on people's attention.
"Eet ees a veree strange game thees baseball," said Juanita, turning to Teresa. "Do you understand eet?" "Never mind her," said Madge Morton, pulling at Carker's sleeve. "Why do you pay her so much attention?" "Do you wish to know?" he asked, in a low tone. "Then I'll tell you. I'm in love with her." The woman looked at him with incredulous eyes, then threw back her head and laughed.
'I am much obliged to you. You do me justice, I assure you. You were going to say, that I, who know the story of John Carker's life 'May think it pride in me, she continued, 'when I say that I am proud of him! I am. You know the time was, when I was not when I could not be but that is past.
'You have an accurate memory of your own, said Mr Dombey. 'Oh! I! returned the manager. 'It's the only capital of a man like me. The stiffness and nicety of Mr Carker's dress, and a certain arrogance of manner, either natural to him or imitated from a pattern not far off, gave great additional effect to his humility.
I presume it looked like an appointment. It was an accident, Juanita. It's all over between Mrs. Morton and Gregory Carker." But the girl remembered how she had seen them standing there looking into each other's eyes, while the woman's arm was on Carker's shoulder. "Wait, señor!" she panted. "Many time I have been told all the Americans are deceivers. I know what I see with my eyes.
At the Counting House, the clerks discuss the great disaster in all its lights and shades, but chiefly wonder who will get Mr Carker's place.
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