Seeing the coastclear, he hurried upstairs, using
the near ramp of the stairway.
Sam dropped the statement to pick up another. If
this man chose, he held even him inhis power. There are somepoints on which Id like
additional information.
He rose fromhis seat in response to the dressing
gong. I could explain the structure; but I haventthe figures; Id have to ask him
myself or look them up. I shall protect my fathers memory for the sake of my son.
Often he spent half the night in the building,analysing figures and interpreting
facts.
Thus, in front of the dates, there was, in his
fathers writing,the word by.
Hisfathers crime had made him, the son, the slave
of the mill . It was warm enough without that firewhich was needed only for his
purpose.
The wheat, on arrival, had been shipped on, as it
had been meant tobe, and resold at a profit. For private consumption, the cost of
transmission must beadded. Yet these concerns were held in one hand, his own. At
last, wiping the bulging dome of his skull, Swann turned andwent to the door without
a word. It took a conscious effortto force himself to lie down and relax. It was a
sortof pocket enterprise of my fathers, was it?
What would the loss of control have meant?
Uncannily, his father had, by means of it, put himself in theright.
Within a few minutes the young man entered,
smiling, debonair,arrogant.
Suddenly he became conscious that Miss Albright was
in the room. The mill; for its requirements until used. Half a dozen steps brought
him thence to the gallery. Within a few minutes the young man entered, smiling,
debonair,arrogant. The wheat, on arrival, had been shipped on, as it had been meant
tobe, and resold at a profit.
Even that son must not know all while the old man
lived . Thepresence of the Frenchwoman relieved him, for the moment, of thetask of
spying. What would the loss of control have meant?