[Under Two Flags by Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]]@TWC D-Link book
Under Two Flags

CHAPTER X
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Besides, laying again' him by that ere commission's piled up hatsful of the ready, to be sure; I don't say it ain't; but there's two thou' knocked off for Willon, and the fool don't deserve a tizzy of it.

He went and put the paint on so thick that, if the Club don't have a flare-up about the whole thing----" "Let dem!" said the Jew serenely.

"Dey can do vot dey like; dey von't get to de bottom of de vell.

Dat Villon is sharp; he vill know how to keep his tongue still; dey can prove nothing; dey may give de sack to a stable-boy, or dey may think themselves mighty bright in seeing a mare's nest, but dey vill never come to us." The welsher gave a loud, hoarse guffaw of relish and enjoyment.
"No! We know the ins and outs of Turf Law a trifle too well to be caught napping.

A neater thing weren't ever done, if it hadn't been that the paint was put a trifle too thick.


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