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Pan Demos, v. 1, issue 2, March 1949
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should gain if I did open an account of this sort." "You don't? You surprise me, you really do! Here are you, with these additional hours lying idle on your hands; you didn't expect 'em, and don't want 'em. But how do you know that you mayn't be glad of 'em at some time or another? Just think how grateful you might be hereafter, if you could get back a single one of these half-hours which you find so tedious now. Half an hour on board a fine ship like this, splendid weather, bracing sea-air, perfect rest, pleasant company, and so on -- why, you'd be willing to pay any money for it! Well, bank your extra time; and you can draw every individual hour in quarters, halves, or wholes, when you please and as you please. That's the advantage of it, sir!" "I think I see," said Peter, "only how am I to make the deposit in the first instance?" "That's easily arranged. The captain can't compel you to accept the time now by merely putting back the hands of the clock, can he? So all you have to do is to abstain from altering your watch so long as you are on board, and to fill up a little form; after, which I shall be happy to supply you with a book of Time Cheques, which you can fill up and present whenever you wish to spend a given number of minutes in the pleasantest possible of ways." "But where am I to present these cheques?" inquired Peter. "Oh!" said the Manager, "there will be no difficulty whatever about that. Any clock will cash it for you -- provided, of course, that it hasn't stopped. You merely have to slip your cheque underneath or behind it, and you will at once be paid whatever amount of time the cheque is drawn for. I can show you one of our forms if you like?" Here he brought out a bulky leather case, from which he extracted a printed document, which he handed to Peter. Peter, however, being naturally cautious, felt a hesitation which he scarcely liked to confess. 45
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should gain if I did open an account of this sort." "You don't? You surprise me, you really do! Here are you, with these additional hours lying idle on your hands; you didn't expect 'em, and don't want 'em. But how do you know that you mayn't be glad of 'em at some time or another? Just think how grateful you might be hereafter, if you could get back a single one of these half-hours which you find so tedious now. Half an hour on board a fine ship like this, splendid weather, bracing sea-air, perfect rest, pleasant company, and so on -- why, you'd be willing to pay any money for it! Well, bank your extra time; and you can draw every individual hour in quarters, halves, or wholes, when you please and as you please. That's the advantage of it, sir!" "I think I see," said Peter, "only how am I to make the deposit in the first instance?" "That's easily arranged. The captain can't compel you to accept the time now by merely putting back the hands of the clock, can he? So all you have to do is to abstain from altering your watch so long as you are on board, and to fill up a little form; after, which I shall be happy to supply you with a book of Time Cheques, which you can fill up and present whenever you wish to spend a given number of minutes in the pleasantest possible of ways." "But where am I to present these cheques?" inquired Peter. "Oh!" said the Manager, "there will be no difficulty whatever about that. Any clock will cash it for you -- provided, of course, that it hasn't stopped. You merely have to slip your cheque underneath or behind it, and you will at once be paid whatever amount of time the cheque is drawn for. I can show you one of our forms if you like?" Here he brought out a bulky leather case, from which he extracted a printed document, which he handed to Peter. Peter, however, being naturally cautious, felt a hesitation which he scarcely liked to confess. 45
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