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our world is coming down about our ears . '' `` That poor young one , '' said Laurent , `` had a sort of sunstroke when he heard that Jesuit of a Dutocq had got here before him . '' `` I have told him a dozen times , -- for after all one ought to tell the truth to an honest clerk , and what I call an honest clerk is one like that little fellow who gives us ` recta ' his ten francs on New-Year 's day , -- I have said to him again and again : The more you work the more they 'll make you work , and they wo n't promote you . He does n't listen to me ; he tires himself out staying here till five o'clock , an hour after all the others have gone . Folly ! he 'll never get on that way ! The proof is that not a word has been said about giving him an appointment , though he has been here two years .