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Springhaven

CHAPTER XI
17/18

Twemlow, I am no politician.

You read the papers more than I do.

How much longer will this wretched compact hold?
You have predicted the course of things before." "And so I will again," replied the Rector.

"Atheism, mockery, cynicism, blasphemy, lust, and blood-thirstyness cannot rage and raven within a few leagues of a godly and just nation without stinking in their nostrils.

Sir, it is our mission from the Lord to quench Bony, and to conquer the bullies of Europe.


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