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CHAPTER VI THEORIES OF THE THEFT
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The inspiring and agreeable image of Rachel floated above vast contending forces of ideas in the mind of Louis Fores as he bent1 over his petty-cash book amid the dust of the vile2 inner office at Horrocleave's; and their altercation3 was sharpened by the fact that Louis had not had enough sleep. He had had a great deal more sleep than Rachel, but he had not had what he was in the habit of calling his "whack4" of it. Although never in a hurry to go to bed, he appreciated as well as any doctor the importance of sleep in the economy of the human frame, and his weekly average of repose5 was high; he was an expert sleeper6.
He thirsted after righteousness, and the petty-cash book was permeated7 through and through with unrighteousness; and it was his handiwork. Of course, under the unconscious influence of Rachel, seen in her kitchen and seen also in various other striking aspects during the exciting night, he might have bravely exposed the iniquity8 of the petty-cash book to Jim Horrocleave, and cleared his conscience, and then gone and confessed to Rachel, and thus prepared the way for the inner peace and a new life. He would have suffered—there was indeed a possibility of very severe suffering—but he would have been a free man—yes, free even if in prison, and he would have followed the fine tradition of rectitude, exhorting9 the respect and admiration10 of all true souls, etc. He had read authentic
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enigma
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