The Unknown Quantity
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ISBN13: 9780217400688
Paperback|9780217400688
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III THE SECRET OF BALSH'S DISAPPEARANCE Tracy Balsh had not been seen for some two weeks. During this time Hutchins had more than once inquired over the telephone, and been informed by Tracy's man that his master was ill. Hutchins gave a few seconds each time to wondering what in reality might be the matter. With Tracy in his eye as he was accustomed to seeing him, he could lay his delinquency to almost anything sooner than physical disability. The statement of his illness, too, had come with the baldness of an excuse not meant to be inquired into. As his absence created no marked inconvenience, Hutchins went no further into the matter. Since the junior member had become confirmed in his habit of irregularity, Hutchins had philosophically arranged the business of the office so that his presence could be spared. The thought of dissolving partnership never entered his mind. The two men were related by marriage, but Hutchins' long-suffering was grounded more particularly on the fact that he still recognized himself as deeply the obliged of Balsh senior. He liked Tracy, but had ceased to expect any great thing of him. He was, in his way, ?the way of a busy man, who has not much time for vain regrets, ?sorry to see the turn his partner's character and affairs were taking. As a self-made man, Hutchins hada half-envying appreciation of what so-called advantages had done for Tracy: birth into fortunate circumstances, good early education, the society from childhood up of people whose manners take care of themselves. Close intercourse with him, which yet had never quite reached intimacy, had been pleasant. Now that he saw him drifting toward bad passes, he did not offer remonstrance or advice, kept from it by indefinable warnings. The fool must go his own way, be it to the dev.
| ISBN-13 | 9780217400688 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021740068X |
| Weight | 0.60 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.41 In |
| List Price | $23.46 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 178 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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