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1 A new start
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'Mr Duncan?Come in please.Mr Wilson will see you now.'
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'Thank you.'John Duncan stood up and walked nervously towards the door.He was a tall,thin man,about forty-five years old,in an old grey suit.It was his best suit,but it was ten years old now.He had grey hair and glasses.His face looked sad and tired.
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Inside the room,a man stood up to welcome him.Mr Duncan?Pleased to meet you.My name's David Wilson.This is one of our chemists,Mary Carter.'
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John Duncan shook hands with both of them,and sat down.It was a big office,with a thick carpet on the floor and beautiful pictures on the walls.David Wilson was a young man,in an expensive black suit.He had a big gold ring on one finger.He smiled at John.
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'I asked Miss Carter to come because she's one of our best Chemists.She discovered our wonderful new paint,in fact.When…I mean,if you come to work here, you will work with her.'
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'Oh,I see.'John looked at Mary.She was older than Wil-son—about thirty-five,perhaps—with short brown hair,and a pretty,friendly face.She was wearing a white coat with a lot of pens in the top pocket.She smiled at him kindly, but John felt miserable.
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I'll never get this job,he thought.I'm too old!Employers want younger people these days.
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David Wilson was looking at some papers.'Now,Mr Dun-can,'he said,'I see that you are a very good biologist.You worked at a university…and then for two very famous com-panies.But…you stopped working as a biologist nine years ago.Why was that?'
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'I've always had two interests in my life,'John said,'biol-ogy and boats.My wife was a famous sailor…Rachel Hors-ley…Perhaps you remember her.She sailed around the world alone in a small boat.'
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'Yes,'said David Wilson,'I remember her.'
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'So we started a business,'said John.'We made small boats together,and sold them.'
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'And did the business go well?'asked Wilson.
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'Very well at first.Then we wanted to build bigger,better boats.We borrowed too much money.And then my wife…'John stopped speaking.
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'Yes,the Sevens Race.I remember now,'said David Wil-son.
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Both men were silent for a moment.Wilson remembered the newspaper reports of the storm and the lives lost at sea.He looked at the man who sat sadly in front of him.
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'So,after my wife died,'continued John,' I closed the business.That was five years ago.'
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'I see,'said David Wilson.'It's a hard world,the world of business.'He looked at John's old grey suit.'So now you want a job as a biologist.Well,this is a chemical company,Mr Duncan.We make paint.But we need a biologist to make sure that everything in this factory is safe.We want someone to tell the government that it's safe to work here,and that it's safe to have a paint factory near the town.That's impor-tant to us.'
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'And if something's not safe,then of course we'll change it,'mary Carter said.David Wilson looked at her,but he didn't say anything.
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'Yes,I see,'John began nervously.'Well,I think I could do that.I mean,when I worked for Harper Chemicals in Lon-don I…'He talked for two or three minutes about his work.David Wilson listened,but he didn't say anything.Ihen he smiled.It was a cold,hard smile,and it made John feel un-comfortable.He remembered his old suit and grey hair,and he wished he hadn't come.
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'You really need this job,don't you,Mr Duncan?'david Wilson said.'You need it a lot.'
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'Yes,I do,'he said quietly.But he thought:I hate you,Wilson.You're enjoying this.You like making people feel small.I hate people like you.
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Wilson's smile grew bigger.He stood up, and held out his hand.'OK,'he said.'When can you start?'
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'What?'John was very surprised.'What did you say?'
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'I said,“When can you start?”,Mr Duncan.We need you in our factory as soon as possible.Will Monday be OK?'
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'You mean I've got the job?'
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'Of course.Congratulations!'Wilson shook John's hand.'My secretary will tell you about your pay.You'll have your own office,and a company car,of course.I'd like you to start work with Mary on Monday.Is that OK?'
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'I…Yes,yes,of course.That's fine.Thank you,thank you very much.'
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