MR. PATRICK D'ALROY COURTENAY—ex-Captain R.F.A.—betook himself up Ludgate Hill at a good brisk business-like pace. "Business-like" was precisely the adjective best suited to Mr. Courtenay's progression; for he was abroad that morning, bright and early, upon what he was discovering to be the most elusive of all human goals, the quest of a job.
MR. PATRICK D'ALROY COURTENAY—ex-Captain R.F.A.—betook himself up Ludgate Hill at a good brisk business-like pace. "Business-like" was precisely the adjective best suited to Mr. Courtenay's progression; for he was abroad that morning, bright and early, upon what he was discovering to be the most elusive of all human goals, the quest of a job.
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