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Our Friend the Charlatan

CHAPTER VII
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But let him reflect on her broken life, her immutable sadness; he would understand how much she would have wronged such a man as he in taking advantage of that moment's heroic weakness.
To this effusive epistle came speedily a brief response.

Of course all was as before, wrote Wrybolt.

He was wholly at her service, and would do anything she wished in the matter of her money.

By all means let her send him full particulars in writing, and he would lose no time; the yield of her capital might probably be doubled.
Mrs.Woolstan, after all, went no further in that business.

She had her own reasons for continuing to think constantly of it, but for the present felt she would prefer not to trouble Mr.Wrybolt.


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