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It was something about a bill of lading, some way he persuaded Mr Coldfield to use his credit: one of those things that when they work you were smart and when they don't you change your name and move to Texas: and Father said how Mr Cold-field must have sat back there in his little store and watched his wagonload of stock double maybe every ten years or at least not lose any ground and seen the chance to do that very same thing all the time, only his conscience (not his courage: Father said he had plenty of that) wouldn't let him.†
Chpt 7
And Grandfather said there was no conscience about that, that Sutpen sat in the office that afternoon after thirty years and told him now his conscience had bothered him somewhat at first but that he had argued calmly and logically with his conscience until it was settled, just as he must have argued with his conscience about his and Mr Coldfield's bill of lading (only probably not as long here, since time here would be pressing) until that was settled;†
Chpt 7 *

Definitions:

(1) (bill of lading)
a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)