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The Old Man in the Corner

CHAPTER VI
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The whole trick lay in one simple art, which those two cunning rascals knew to absolute perfection, the art of impersonating one another.
"They are brothers, presumably--twin brothers, I should say." "But Mr.Knopf--" suggested Polly.
"Well, look in the Trades' Directory; you will see F.Knopf & Co., diamond merchants, of some City address.

Ask about the firm among the trade; you will hear that it is firmly established on a sound financial basis.

He! he! he! and it deserves to be," added the man in the corner, as, calling for the waitress, he received his ticket, and taking up his shabby hat, took himself and his bit of string rapidly out of the room..


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