![]() "Right, my boy, right," said the President with a ponderous heartiness, "you aren't good at anything.” "I am not good at deception," said Tuesday gloomily, flushing. Now when you were found under Admiral Biffin's bed-" But if he finds a man under his bed in a top hat, you will agree with me, my dear Tuesday, that he is not likely ever to forget it. When a householder finds a man under his bed, he will probably pause to note the circumstance. "You hide as much as anybody but you can't do it, you see, you're such an ass! You try to combine two inconsistent methods. "Yes you are, my boy, and so is the cause of you," said the President good-naturedly. "I am not good at goncealment," said Gogol sulkily, with a thick foreign accent "I am not ashamed of the cause." He goes about on his hands and knees with such inexhaustible diplomacy, that by this time he finds it quite difficult to walk upright." But if a gentleman puts on a top hat and a frock-coat, and then goes about on his hands and knees - well, he may attract attention. Now if a gentleman goes about London in a top hat and a frock-coat, no one need know that he is an anarchist. He insists on the ways of the stage conspirator. ![]() He dresses up like a gentleman, but he seems to be too great a soul to behave like one. ![]() “Our friend Tuesday," said the President in a deep voice at once of quietude and volume, "our friend Tuesday doesn't seem to grasp the idea. ![]()
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