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`` May I ask if you have had time to look at any of the letters , sir ? '' `` Do I look as though I had time to do _ any _ - thing ? '' said the chief , dropping his hands and uplifting a lined and haggard face , yet so refined . `` Anything but work , work , morn , noon and night . The mass of detail one has to meet here is something appalling . It weighs on me like a nightmare , Armstrong . No , I was worn out the night after the package reached me .