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I shall have to tell you all about it when we are more at leisure . Good-morning , sir . '' And Mr. Hastings bowed himself out . By noon Tode was fairly launched upon his new life , and made such good use of his eyes and ears that in some respects he knew more about the business than did the new errand boy who had been there for a week . For the first time in his life he was going to earn his living . Mr. Hastings was correct in his opinion . Tode was sharp ; yet he was after all , not unlike a piece of soft putty , ready to be molded into almost any shape , ready to take an impression from anything that he chanced to touch .