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"Do as you please, sir"

"That is no answer; or rather it is a very irritating, because a

very evasive one Reply clearly"

"I don't think, sir, you have a right to command me, merely because

you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world

than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have

made of your time and experience"

"Hu that it

would never suit my case, as I have es Leaving superiority out of the

question, then, you ree to receivepiqued or hurt by the tone of coht to et that he payshis

orders

"The s

expression; "but speak too"

"I was thinking, sir, that very few masters would trouble themselves

to inquire whether or not their paid subordinates were piqued and

hurt by their orders"

"Paid subordinates! What! you are otten the salary! Well then, on that ree to let round; but, on the ground that you did forget