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Professor Vixley had prepared his campaign with Mr. Payson with the / scientific delight of an engineer. His cunning was not too low to / prevent his love of the sport for the sport's sake, and his elaborations / and by-plays were undertaken with relish and enthusiasm. The pleasure / was vastly heightened for him by the character of his dupe. Mr. Payson / was a figure in the community, a man of weight and influence. He had an / established position and an assured wealth. Heavy and slow, mentally, he / had the dignified respectability that is usually associated with / business success.
In the mental manipulation of such a personage Vixley felt a sense of / power as enjoyable as the pecuniary reward. The dwarf, socially, led / the giant.