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Mr Cohen, who had obtained the situation indirectly for Clara,

thought nothing more about it until, one day, he went to the shop,

and he then recollected his recoiven

solely in faith, for he had never seen the young woman, and had

trusted entirely to Marshall He found her at her dark desk, and as

he approached her, she hastily put a mark in a book and closed it

'Have you sold a little volume called After Office Hours by a man

named Robinson?' 'I did not knoe had it I have never seen it'

'I do not wonder, but I saw it here about sixto a top shelf Clara was about to mount the

ladder, but he stopped her, and found what he wanted Some of the

leaves were torn

'We can repair those for you; in about a couple of days it shall be

ready' He lingered a little, and at that moment another customer entered

Clara went forward to speak to him, and Cohen was able to see that it

was the Heroes and Hero Worship she had been studying, a course of

lectures which had been given by a Mr Carlyle, of whons of departing, Cohen left,