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Number Seventeen

CHAPTER VII
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There is a grocer in Battersea who used to tremble at sight of me.

Now he has learned wisdom, and has quadrupled his trade by publishing learned disquisitions on the nature and quality of each principal article he sells.

You ought to read his treatise on butter.

He is an authority on the dietetic value of jam.
The nutritive properties of his cheese are ruining the local butchers." Furneaux's efforts were rewarded when the really excellent beverage provided by Mrs.Rates was disposed of.

Forbes seemingly atoned for his earlier secretiveness by placing every fact in his possession fully and fairly before his auditors.
"Nearly seven years ago," he said, "I made a very large sum of money by amalgamating certain shipping interests at a favorable moment.


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