[With Clive in India by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookWith Clive in India CHAPTER 2: The Young Writer 7/25
They visited all the sights of town, Mr.Tufton performing what he called his duty with an air of protest, but showing a general thoughtfulness and desire to please his visitors, which was very apparent even when he grunted and grumbled the most. On the evening before he started, he called Charlie down into his counting house. "Tomorrow you are going to sail," he said, "and to start in life on your own account, and I trust that you will, as far as possible, be steady, and do your duty to your employers.
You will understand that, although the pay of a writer is not high, there are opportunities for advancement.
The Company have the monopoly of the trade of India, and in addition to their great factories at Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras, they have many other trading stations.
Those who, by their good conduct, attract the attention of their superiors, rise to positions of trust and emolument.
There are many who think that the Company will, in time, enlarge its operations; and as they do so, superior opportunities will offer themselves; and since the subject of India has been prominently brought before my notice, I have examined the question, and am determined to invest somewhat largely in the stock of the Company, a step which will naturally give me some influence with the board.
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