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`` I guess you 're in the wrong furrow this time , Deacon , it ai n't for sale , '' said Mr. Slick ; `` and if it was , I reckon neighbour Steel 's wife would have it , for she gives me no peace about it . '' Mrs. Flint said that Mr. Steel had enough to do , poor man , to pay his interest , without buying clocks for his wife . `` It 's no consarn of mine , '' said Mr. Slick , `` as long as he pays me , what he has to do ; but I guess I do n't want to sell it , and beside it comes too high ; that clock ca n't be made at Rhode Island under forty dollars . Why it ai n't possible , '' said the Clockmaker , in apparent surprise , looking at his watch , `` why as I 'm alive it is four o'clock , and if I hav n't been two hours here -- how on airth shall I reach River Philip tonight ? I 'll tell you what , Mrs. Flint , I 'll leave the clock in your care till I return on my way to the States -- I 'll set it a-goin ' and put it to the right time . '' As soon as this operation was performed , he delivered the key to the deacon with a sort of serio-comic injunction to wind up the clock every Saturday night , which Mrs. Flint said she would take care should be done , and promised to remind her husband of it , in case he should chance to forget it . `` That , '' said the Clockmaker as soon as we were mounted , `` that I call ` HUMAN NATUR ' ! '