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It was the least I could do to give the melon a more
particular examination; which, when I had done, I could
but shake my head. "I am truly sorry, Pinkerton," said
I, "but I can't advise you to persevere."
He seemed to recover his fortitude at the moment,
rebounding from disappointment like a man of india-
rubber. "Well," said he stoutly, "I don't know that
I'm surprised. But I'll go on with the course; and
throw my whole soul into it too. You mustn't think the
time is lost. It's all culture; it will help me to
extend my relations when I get back home; it may fit me
for a position on one of the illustrateds; and then I
can always turn dealer," he said, uttering the
monstrous proposition, which was enough to shake the
Latin Quarter to the dust, with entire simplicity.
"It's all experience, besides," he continued; "and it
seems to me there's a tendency to underrate experience,
both as net profit and investment. Never mind. That's
done with. But it took courage for you to say what you
did, and I'll never forget it. Here's my hand, Mr.


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