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McTeague

CHAPTER 9
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Mrs.Sieppe stopped in the preparation of the lunches to call "Hoop, Hoop" to the greyhound, throwing lumps of coal.

The dog-wheel creaked, the front door bell rang, delivery wagons rumbled away, windows rattled--the little house was in a positive uproar.
Almost every day of the week now Trina was obliged to run over to town and meet McTeague.

No more philandering over their lunch now-a-days.

It was business now.

They haunted the house-furnishing floors of the great department houses, inspecting and pricing ranges, hardware, china, and the like.


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