"What! Write down my mistakes?"
"Was it a mistake?"
McKenna nodded, gazing at the mantelpiece meditatively, with an expression that was indecipherable.
"Bad mistake!"
"But I should say one of those failures that are sometimes rather fortunate?" persisted Gunther.
"Well, it's a good thing to know how to turn a failure to account. That's why a few of us get ahead," said McKenna in a matter-of-fact way, but for a moment Gunther seemed to perceive the faintest trace of a smile, lurking maliciously in the corners of his eyes.
*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SIXTY-FIRST SECOND ***