[The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookThe Three Clerks CHAPTER IX 18/31
Good night, Mr. Scott.
I wishes you good night, sir;' and making another slight reference to his hat, which had not been removed from his head during the whole interview, Mr.Manylodes took himself off. 'There, now, is a specimen of a species of the _genus homo_, class Englishman, which is, I believe, known nowhere but in Cornwall.' 'Cornwall and Devonshire, I suppose,' said Alaric. 'No; he is out of his true element here.
If you want to see him in all the glory of his native county you should go west of Truro.
From Truro to Hayle is the land of the Manylodes.
And a singular species it is.
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