Settled, settled."
The next day I went with him to the office, and he presented me
to Mr. Watson as the most wonderful genius and scholar ever
known. His recommendation had little sway with Mr. Watson,
who only smiled at Linton's extravagances, as one does at the
prattle of an infant. I sauntered about the printing office for the
space of two or three hours, during which time Watson bustled
about with green spectacles on his nose, and took no heed of me.
But, seeing that I still lingered, he addressed me at length, in a
civil gentlemanly way, and inquired concerning my views. I
satisfied him with all my answers, in particular those to his
questions about the Latin and Greek languages; but when he
came to ask testimonials of my character and acquirements, and
found that I could produce none, he viewed me with a jealous
eye, and said he dreaded I was some n'er-do-weel, run from my
parents or guardians, and he did not choose to employ any such. I
said my parents were both dead; and that, being thereby deprived
of the means of following out my education, it behoved me to
apply to some business in which my education might be of some
use to me.
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