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The morning, begun well, seemed to lead up only to sordid and anxious details a sense of non-accomplishment, induced also by small requisitions from different people, requiring cash from a cash-drawer that was usually empty. It was a welcome relief to figure, with Harker's assistance, on the large sums coming in at the end of the month from Coneways.
There were large bills to be paid to the typometer's credit by several firms, one of them Coneways'. Coneways represented the largest counted-in asset for the entire year it was the backbone of the establishment. If it went to Lewiston, what would be left for the business? That could come next. Lewiston was first.
He got ready to go home a little earlier than usual, saying lightly to Harker, who had come in for his signature to some papers: "Those payments will begin to straggle in next week. Coneways' isn't due until the 31st the very last minute! But he's always prompt, thank Heaven what are you doing?" "Knocking on wood," said Harker, with a grim smile.
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