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THE SULTAN.
Ingolby's square head jerked forwards in stern inquiry and his eyes fastened those of Jowett, the horsedealer.

"Take care what you're saying, Jowett," he said.

"It's a penitentiary job, if it can be proved.
Are you sure you got it right ?" Jowett had unusual shrewdness, some vanity and a humorous tongue.

He was a favourite in both towns, and had had the better of both in horse-dealing a score of times.
That did not make him less popular.