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is a condition of your employment , ' | |
nue in an effort to obtain | |
solely in the office . ' If the jacket | |
to go , was left almost alone in the | |
qualify for relief . ' | |
the Inspector had written , ' it may | |
coach . He fumed as he recol- | |
lected the long correspondence he | |
It was a new briefcase , and as the train jogged along | |
' It 's not mine . I wasn't sitting there . ' She blinked | |
the shiny clasp twinkled invitingly at Cecil . | |
He wondered what it contained . Probably the remains | |
of someone's lunch or a few secret files . | |
He smiled at his own joke . | |
disdainfully at him and stepped out . | |
when he shook the case there was a rustling thud | |
five thousand at least . ' He felt in his jacket pocket | |
his own briefcase key , a suitcase key and a | |
It was locked . Eager fingers felt bulky contents and | |
and pulled out a key ring . In succession he tried | |
of wads of paper . ' Cor ! ' he muttered aloud , ' there 's | |
device designed to lock typewriters . | |
bent wire loop into the lock and | |
There was a click and the | |
briefcase opened . Cecil thrust an | |
Cecil searched in his pockets once | |
pound notes . | |
paper-clips . After a few seconds | |
of twisting , he roughly thrust a | |
more and came up with two | |
waggled it around vigorously . | |
groping after wads of five | |
eager hand inside , his fingers | |
They closed on a single bundle and , fumbling with | |
side . ' Old fashioned fivers ! ' he muttered again , and | |
rested on a wad of stiff white paper printed on one | |
alone on polite request . | |
break their promise to pay on rude demand , let | |
nervous excitement , he pulled it out . His eye | |
Govr. and Compa. of the Bank of England would never | |
tried to recall if they were still legal tender . Surely the | |
bore , in large Baskerville type , the words METROPOLITAN | |
glowered at his own breach of social morality . | |
COURSE NO. 3 . He ruffled the sheets irritably and | |
Cecil frowned in disappointment as he focussed upon the | |
MONOTECHNIC INSTITUTE ADVANCED ACCOUNTANCY | |
at all . He was holding a paper booklet , the top sheet of which | |
printing to find no Govr. , no Compa. , in fact no five pound notes | |
briefcase at the ticket-collector with the firm | |
guilt-symbol upon the ticket-collector and then | |
He climbed the stairs , eager to unload the | |
intention of playing the dutiful citizen | |
fumbled for his contract before thrusting the | |
to emerge carrying his shame unseen , but burning , | |
into the night . He reached the barrier and | |
retrieving lost property . | |
into the darkness . | |
stretched out a hand . ' Watch your step there , sir ! Your briefcase | |
is hanging open . You 'll have someone shoving their hot | |
little hands inside . Here , I 'll do it . ' The collector pressed the twinkling | |
Before he could open his mouth , the collector | |
catch home with a click . Cecil , irretrievably laden with | |
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both briefcase and conscience , stumbled away | |
Trunk and Greppes Tannin-free Tea . | |
they had once obtained as a free gift in exchange | |
and the polished brass fourteen-pounder shell-case | |
case into hiding between the do-it-yourself cupboard | |
the hall as he opened the front door . He nodded irritably | |
brella stand . ' You 're later than usual , aren't you ? ' | |
His mother tidied her grey hair in the hall-mirror | |
and , turning his back to her , contrived to slide the brief- | |
for the labels from half a hundredweight of | |
' HELLO , CECIL . HAD a busy day ? ' His mother came into | |
which served respectively as coat cupboard and um- | |
easy on the immersion heater . ' What is it , | |
fuss , mother ! I 'm quite well and no more | |
tired than usual , and we finished the gin | |
asked solicitously . ' You do look tired . | |
Cecil ? Don't you feel well ? ' his mother | |
in tax-free champagne whilst he had to go | |
inequity of Miss Cheesecake well-nigh bathing | |
last week , you know that . ' | |
Go and get yourself a drink . ' ' Don't | |
Cecil gritted his teeth and glowered at the | |
Nobody 's tired . Now just you run along | |
Cecil stepped towards the dining room . ' I 'm | |
dinner ready . ' | |
and I 'm NOT irritable . ' ' Very well then . ' His | |
upstairs and wash your hands whilst I get | |
sure you must be tired , ' his mother insisted . | |
mother nodded with understanding . ' You 're not tired . | |
' You 're very irritable , anyway . ' ' I 'm NOT tired | |
of a mother who had failed to realise that a son | |
the treads . ' And don't wipe the dirt off on the | |
climb the stairs , stamping with unnecessary vigour upon | |
Cecil wriggled irritably under the misplaced management | |
towel like you did yesterday . | |
who is nearly bald is no longer a baby . He started to | |
against the brass umbrella stand . ' Well now ! ' She hurried |
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