on the other hand , his cousine naitty , who had left the army after having a small brain quiver ( without getting for that any compensation or special pay from the ministry of defence ) - had known how to be liked and sympathized by his aunt : he was standing in the shop for hours , his tongue busy in talking about doing business : but not business in general terms , but specifically- about debits and credits and loans and payments and suppliers and customers , on goods and services , on taxes- and about tricks that would avoid you from being the governments servant all your life , and so on .