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<text> <front> <tPage> <dTitle type=main>The Rise of Silas Lapham</dTitle> <byLine>by <dAuthor>William Dean Howells</dAuthor> </byLine> </tPage> </front> <body> <div type='chapter' id=C1> <head>I.</head> <p>WHEN Bartley Hubbard went to interview Silas Lapham for the &odq;Solid Men of Boston&cdq; series, which he undertook to finish up in The Events, after he replaced their original projector on that newspaper, Lapham received him in his private office by previous appointment. <p>&odq;Walk right in!&cdq; he called out to the journalist, whom he caught sight of through the door of the counting-room. <p>He did not rise from the desk at which he was writing, but he gave Bartley his left hand for welcome, and he rolled his large head in the direction of a vacant chair. &odq;Sit down! I'll he with you in just half a minute.&cdq; <p>&odq;Take your time,&cdq; said Bartley, with the ease he instantly felt. &odq;I'm in no hurry.&cdq; He took a note-book . . .