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The Firm of Girdlestone

CHAPTER VII
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It is miserable for the spectators when there is an east wind.

What do you think of it, dad ?" "I think you are an unnatural young renegade to play against your mother country," said the sturdy doctor.
"Oh, come, dad! I was born in Scotland, and I belong to a Scotch club.
Surely that is good enough." "I hope you lose, then." "We are very likely to.

Atkinson, of the West of Scotland, has strained his leg, and we shall have to play Blair, of the Institution, at full back--not so good a man by a long way.

The odds are five to four on the English this morning.

They are said to be the very strongest lot that ever played in an International match.


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