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The Adventures of Harry Richmond

CHAPTER VI
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We're sure of a foreign war some time.

Then you'll see fellows rise: lieutenant, captain, colonel, General--quick as barrels popping at a bird.

I should like to be Governor of Gibraltar.' 'I'll come and see you, Temple,' said I.
'Done! old Richie,' he said, grasping my hand warmly.
'The truth is, Temple,' I confided to him, 'I've an uncle-I mean a grandfather-of enormous property; he owns half Hampshire, I believe, and hates my father like poison.

I won't stand it.

You've seen my father, haven't you?
Gentlemen never forget their servants, Temple.


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