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Mary Anerley

CHAPTER XX
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Ah, nothing like old England after all.

And to tread the ancestral soil, and cherish the old associations, and to nurture a virtuous family in the fear of the Lord, and to be ready with the rent--" "Rent is too high, Sir; I must have five pounds off.

It ought to be ten, by right.

Cousin Joe has taken all out, and put nought in." "John o' the Smithies, you astonish me.

I have strong reason for believing that the rent is far too low.


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