Showing that Tom Had Opened the Oyster

`AND now weve settled this Newcastle business, Tom, said Mr Deane, that same afternoon, as they were seated in the private room at the Bank together, `theres another matter I want to talk to you about. Since youre likely to have rather a smoky, unpleasant time of it in Newcastle for the next few weeks, youll want a good prospect of some sort to keep up your spirits. Tom waited less nervously than he had done on a former occasion in this apartment, while his uncle took out his snuff box and gratified each nostril with deliberate impartiality.

`You see, Tom, said Mr Deane, at last, throwing himself backward, `the world goes on at a smarter pace now than it did when I was a young fellow. Why, sir, forty years ago, when I was much such a strapping youngster as you, a man expected to pull between the shafts the best part of his life, before he got the whip in his hand. The looms went slowish, and fashions didnt alter quite so fast - Id a best suit that lasted me six years. Everything was on a lower scale, sir - in point of expenditure, I mean. Its this steam, you see, that has made the difference - it drives on every wheel double pace and the wheel of Fortune along with em, as our Mr Stephen Guest said at the Anniversary dinner (he hits these things off wonderfully, considering hes seen nothing of business). I dont find fault with the change, as some people do. Trade, sir, opens a mans eyes; and if the population is to get thicker upon the ground, as its doing, the world must use its wits at inventions of one sort or other. I know Ive done my share as an ordinary man of business. Somebody has said its a fine thing to make two ears of corn grow where only one grew before: - but, sir, its a fine thing too, to further the exchange of commodities, and bring the grains of corn to the mouths that are hungry. And thats our line of business - and I consider it as honourable a position as a man can hold, to be connected with it.

Loading...

未加载完，尝试【刷新】or【关闭小说模式】or【关闭广告屏蔽】。

尝试更换【Firefox浏览器】or【Chrome谷歌浏览器】打开多多收藏！

移动流量偶尔打不开，可以切换电信、联通、Wifi。

收藏网址：www.dd123.cc

(＞人＜；)