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Then suddenly remembering it , I called to mind also the vague rumour of two clerks being wanted in the office , and with new hope and wild anxiety I tore open the envelope . Could I believe my eyes ? `` Frederick Batchelor is informed that his application for junior clerkship is successful . He will be required to begin work on Monday next at 9 a.m. '' For the space of two minutes , reader , I knew not if I was standing on my head or my feet . I will pass over the excited day or two which followed . My uncle , of course , did what he could to check my glee . He said Merrett , Barnacle , and Company must be easily pleased , but they would soon find out their mistake , and that I might as well make up my mind to be dismissed after the first fortnight , and so on .