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`` I was thinking , '' said Haldane , rising to retire , `` whether I shall ever have better work than this odious routine at the mill . '' Mr. Growther pondered over the question a few minutes , and then said sententiously : `` I 'm inclined to think the Lord gives us as good work as we 're cap ` ble of doin ' . He 'll promote you when you 've growed a little more . '' The next morning Haldane received a message directing him to report at Mr. Ivison 's private office during the noon recess . `` Be seated , '' said that gentleman as the young man , wearing an anxious and somewhat surprised expression , entered hesitatingly and diffidently . `` You need not look so troubled , I have not sent for you to find fault -- quite the reverse . You have ` a friend at court , ' as the saying goes .