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I began multiplying excuses for Quarriar, figuring him as misled by his neighbours, more skilled than he in playing upon philanthropic heart-strings; he had been told, doubtless, that two daughters made no impression upon the flinty heart of bureaucratic charity, that in order to soften it one must 'increase and multiply. He had got himself into a network of falsehood from which, though his better nature recoiled, he had been unable to disentangle himself.
Later, Sir Asher wrote to me direct that the partner put forward by the Quarriar faction was a shady customer; Conn had selected his own man, but even so there was little hope Quarriar's future would be thus provided for.
Quarriar would set up as a piece-sorter, and thus be able to employ his daughters too. The whole family would find occupation in sorting out their purchases, and each quality and size would be readily saleable as raw material, to be woven again into the cheaper woollen materials.
On the other hand, I felt that whether the partnership was to cost five pounds or twenty, Quarriar's future would be safer from Kazelias under the auspices of Sir Asher and his Conn. So I handed the latter the five pounds, and bade him find Quarriar a guide, philosopher, and partner. With the advent of Conn, all my troubles began, and the picture passed into its third and last stage.
I fancy he is trying to wriggle out of the appointment. I at once wrote a short note to Quarriar reminding him of the absolute necessity of appearing with the children, who should be even kept away from school. I reproduce the exact reply: 'DEAR SIR, 'Referring to your welcome letter, I gratify you very much for the trouble you have taken for me.
'Sir Asher's private room in his office will be placed at the disposal of the inquiry. The original application form filled up by Quarriar clearly condemns him. The partner will be there, and I have arranged for Quarriar's landlord to appear if you think it necessary. I may add that I have very good reason to believe that Quarriar does not mean to appear.
When the partner was threatened with police-court proceedings, he had defied Quarriar with the remark that Mr. Conn would bear out his honesty. Though he was starving, Quarriar refused to have anything further to say to Conn. Quarriar further referred to his landlord, who would willingly testify to his honesty.
Everything in the cellar now belonged to him, he claimed, insisting that Quarriar had eaten up the original capital and his share of the profits besides. 'Besides, it never was your money, was the rogue's ultimate argument. 'Why shouldn't I profit, too, by the Christian's simplicity?
Would I get some intelligible written statement from Quarriar as to what had taken place? So, at my request, Quarriar sent me a statement in quaint English probably the landlord's alleging specifically that the partner had detained goods and money belonging to Quarriar to the amount of £7 9s. 5d., and had assaulted him into the bargain.
The names of the witnesses introduced showed that there must be two camps, and that certainly Quarriar was solidly encamped amid his advisers. The whole business was taking on a most painful complexion, and I was torn by conflicting emotions and swayed alternately by suspicion and confidence. How sift the false from the true amid all this tangled mass?
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