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One of Our Conquerors

CHAPTER IX
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He was punished, half way to frenzy behind his placable demeanour, by having Dr.Schlesien for chorus.

And here again, it was the unbefitting, not the person, which stirred his wrath.

A German on English soil should remember the dues of a guest.

At the same time, Colney said things to snare the acclamation of an observant gentleman of that race, who is no longer in his first enthusiasm for English beef and the complexion of the women.

'Ah, ya, it is true, what you say: "The English grow as fast as odders, but they grow to corns instead of brains." They are Bull.


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