[The Fallen Leaves by Wilkie Collins]@TWC D-Link bookThe Fallen Leaves CHAPTER 1 15/15
Mr. Hethcote, watching him, observed that he looked at the address with unfeigned pride and pleasure. "One of our brethren at the Community has given me this," he announced. "It's a letter of introduction, sir, to a remarkable man--a man who is an example to all the rest of us.
He has risen, by dint of integrity and perseverance, from the position of a poor porter in a shop to be one of the most respected mercantile characters in the City of London." With this explanation, Amelius handed his letter to Mr.Hethcote.It was addressed as follows:-- To John Farnaby, Esquire, Messrs.
Ronald & Farnaby, Stationers, Aldersgate Street, London..
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