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Doctor Thorne

CHAPTER XVII
19/35

I did make that railway.

I have made thousands of miles of railway; I am making thousands of miles of railways--some in Europe, some in Asia, some in America.

It's a true picture," and he poked his stick through it and held it up to the crowd.

"A true picture: but for that spade and that railway, I shouldn't be now here asking your votes; and, when next February comes, I shouldn't be sitting in Westminster to represent you, as, by God's grace, I certainly will do.

That tells you who I am.


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