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-- Provided always , '' pursued Copas , `` that its use be not thrust upon us , nor our avoidance of it injuriously reckoned against us . '' `` I think , '' said the Master , `` Brother Copas knows that on this point he may count upon an honourable understanding . '' `` I do , Master ... . Then there is this new business of compulsory vespers at six o'clock . We wish that compulsion removed . '' `` Why ? '' snapped Mr. Colt .