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unless you do it in a perfectly honest and upright manner . Take my word for it , Mr . Waltham , and if you must cheat , at least , do it honourably .
This was certainly a new code of morals , that a dishonest business should be carried on in an honest way . My master continued : — " What I shall want you to do then will be to go amongst the islands and villages near Rio , sometimes by land , sometimes by sea . You will have to buy fruits , fowls , eggs , and that sort of stock , which can be erot there more cheaolv than in the villages immediatelv
adjoining this town . Of course , your chief aim will be to make good bargains , so that when the things are sold in the town , or to the squadron , there may be a profit worth talking about . I may occasionally have to send you more distant voyages , to Mont Video perhaps , or St . Helena , or Sierra Leone . Now , do you fancy yourself competent to discharge these duties ; and , first , do you
understand what they will be ?" " I think so , as far as I can see . " " Can you speak Portuguese ?" " Not thoroughly . I have learnt it for some time , but have not talked it enough . "
" Then I shall hardly be able to send you on these duties as yet . You had better stay for some time in Bio , and practise Portuguese with my negroes . I shall be able to send you about in charge of them to perform some light business , when you can at the same time qualify yourself for your future work . " Accordingly , during the first few weeks of my life in Brazil , I had to go about Bio itself , and into the country immediately adjoining it , sometimes went with Mr . Darkle himself , when I had ample
opportunity for witnessing the respect and adulation paid to him by many among the Brazilians . This was by no means wonderful , considering the power he had , and the work he was able to give to all who applied for it . On one of these occasions , we met the attache , with whom I had come from England ; he greeted Darkle with a sort of significance .
" Good morning , Mr . Darkle . " " Grood morning to you , Mr . Villiers . Any news to-day ?" cc Ah ! yes , something important , " said the attache , looking him full in the face . " The ' Uncle Sam' is taken . " " The Uncle Sam ' taken , " returned Darkle with serene expression . " Oh , and what is she f " " What ! " said the aristocratic Yilliers , in perplexity . " You don't know what the ' Uncle Sam ' is ? "
" Know her ; how should I know her ? I suppose , if she ' s taken , she must be a slaver . But I have no knowledge whatever of her . " " Well , she is a slaver , and she was taken three days ago by the Hecla " Was " she full ? " " No , she had landed her cargo a day before . " " What a nuisance ! I shan't have to supply the negroes with food
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unless you do it in a perfectly honest and upright manner . Take my word for it , Mr . Waltham , and if you must cheat , at least , do it honourably .
This was certainly a new code of morals , that a dishonest business should be carried on in an honest way . My master continued : — " What I shall want you to do then will be to go amongst the islands and villages near Rio , sometimes by land , sometimes by sea . You will have to buy fruits , fowls , eggs , and that sort of stock , which can be erot there more cheaolv than in the villages immediatelv
adjoining this town . Of course , your chief aim will be to make good bargains , so that when the things are sold in the town , or to the squadron , there may be a profit worth talking about . I may occasionally have to send you more distant voyages , to Mont Video perhaps , or St . Helena , or Sierra Leone . Now , do you fancy yourself competent to discharge these duties ; and , first , do you
understand what they will be ?" " I think so , as far as I can see . " " Can you speak Portuguese ?" " Not thoroughly . I have learnt it for some time , but have not talked it enough . "
" Then I shall hardly be able to send you on these duties as yet . You had better stay for some time in Bio , and practise Portuguese with my negroes . I shall be able to send you about in charge of them to perform some light business , when you can at the same time qualify yourself for your future work . " Accordingly , during the first few weeks of my life in Brazil , I had to go about Bio itself , and into the country immediately adjoining it , sometimes went with Mr . Darkle himself , when I had ample
opportunity for witnessing the respect and adulation paid to him by many among the Brazilians . This was by no means wonderful , considering the power he had , and the work he was able to give to all who applied for it . On one of these occasions , we met the attache , with whom I had come from England ; he greeted Darkle with a sort of significance .
" Good morning , Mr . Darkle . " " Grood morning to you , Mr . Villiers . Any news to-day ?" cc Ah ! yes , something important , " said the attache , looking him full in the face . " The ' Uncle Sam' is taken . " " The Uncle Sam ' taken , " returned Darkle with serene expression . " Oh , and what is she f " " What ! " said the aristocratic Yilliers , in perplexity . " You don't know what the ' Uncle Sam ' is ? "
" Know her ; how should I know her ? I suppose , if she ' s taken , she must be a slaver . But I have no knowledge whatever of her . " " Well , she is a slaver , and she was taken three days ago by the Hecla " Was " she full ? " " No , she had landed her cargo a day before . " " What a nuisance ! I shan't have to supply the negroes with food