Arthur Conan Doyle

Name: Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue (1892)

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“Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue”, published in 1892, is a work by Arthur Conan Doyle. It explores elements such as Harold, partner and Westmacott.

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue (1892)

“ But seriously now, Harold, you would hurt me if it were not so absurd. Do you think that a woman's love is like this sunshade which I carry in my hand, a thing only fitted for the sunshine, and of no use when the winds blow and the clouds gather?"
"I would not drag you down, Clara."
"Should I not be dragged down indeed if I left your side at such a time? It is only now that I can be of use to you, help you, sustain you. You have always been so strong, so above me. You are strong still, but then two will be stronger. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue (1892)

“ Why, it is but twenty minutes since I had the letter, Clara, and it seems to me to be some old, old thing which happened far away in my past life, some horrid black cloud which shut out all the freshness and the peace from it."
"But what is it, then? What do you fear worse than poverty?"
"To have debts that I cannot meet. To be hammered upon 'Change and declared a bankrupt. To know that others have a just claim upon me and to feel that I dare not meet their eyes. Is not that worse than poverty?"
"Yes, Harold, a thousand fold worse! But all this may be got over. Is there nothing more?" ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue (1892)

“ It has been confided to him to invest, and he has embezzled it. I, as his partner, am liable for it. I have brought misery on all whom I love--my father, my mother. But you at least shall not be under the shadow. You are free, Clara. There is no tie between us."
"It takes two to make such a tie, Harold," said she, smiling and putting her hand inside his arm. "It takes two to make it, dear, and also two to break it. Is that the way they do business in the City, sir, that a man can always at his own sweet will tear up his engagement?" ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue (1892)

“ Take a friend's advice and get to America. A young man with brains can always do something out there, and you can live down this little mischance. It will be a cheap lesson if it teaches you to take nothing upon trust in business, and to insist upon knowing exactly what your partner is doing, however senior he may be to you.
"Yours faithfully,
"JEREMIAH PEARSON."
"Great Heavens!" groaned the Admiral, "he has absconded."
"And left me both a bankrupt and a thief."
"No, no, Harold," sobbed his mother. "All will be right. What matter about money!"
"Money, mother! It is my honor." ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue (1892)

“ It is his honor, and my honor, for his is mine. This is a sore trouble, mother, when we thought our life's troubles were all behind us, but we will bear it as we have borne others." He held out his stringy hand, and the two old folk sat with bowed grey heads, their fingers intertwined, strong in each other's love and sympathy. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue (1892)

“ There is no villainy of which the man is not capable. Oh, I know my brother Jeremiah. I know him and I am prepared for him."
"This is all new to me, ma'am. 'Pon my word, I hardly know what to say to it. I thank you for having spoken so plainly. From what you say, this is a poor sort of consort for a man to sail with. Perhaps Harold would do well to cut himself adrift." ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue (1892)

“ They have both the same hard type of face."
"She has been warning me against him--says he is the rankest pirate in London. I hope that it is all right, boy, and that we may not find ourselves in broken water."
Harold had turned a little pale as he heard Mrs. Westmacott's opinion of his senior partner. It gave shape and substance to certain vague fears and suspicions of his own which had been pushed back as often as they obtruded themselves as being too monstrous and fantastic for belief.
"He is a well-known man in the City, dad," said he. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Beyond the City — Chapter 11: A Blot from the Blue (1892)

“ You'll find nothing in the bank, and about L13,000 unaccounted for. I'm not sure that the best thing you can do is not to realize what you can, and imitate your senior's example. If you act at once you may get clean away. ”

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