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free-trade, and fully agreed. Alexey Alexandrovitch
paused, thoughtfully turning over the pages of his
manuscript.
‘Oh, by the way,’ said Stepan Arkadyevitch, ‘I wanted
to ask you, some time when you see Pomorsky, to drop
him a hint that I should be very glad to get that new
appointment of secretary of the committee of the
amalgamated agency of the southern railways and banking
companies.’ Stepan Arkadyevitch was familiar by now
with the title of the post he coveted, and he brought it out
rapidly without mistake.
Alexey Alexandrovitch questioned him as to the duties
of this new committee, and pondered. He was considering
whether the new committee would not be acting in some
way contrary to the views he had been advocating. But as
the influence of the new committee was of a very
complex nature, and his views were of very wide
application, he could not decide this straight off, and
taking off his pince-nez, he said:
‘Of course, I can mention it to him; but what is your
reason precisely for wishing to obtain the appointment?’
‘It’s a good salary, rising to nine thousand, and my
means..’
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