[The Mississippi Bubble by Emerson Hough]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mississippi Bubble CHAPTER V 1/24
CHAPTER V. DIVERS EMPLOYMENTS OF JOHN LAW "And when shall I send these garments to your Lordship ?" asked the haberdasher, with whom Law was having speech on the morning following the first night in London. "Two weeks from to-day," said Law, "in the afternoon, and not later than four o'clock.
I shall have need for them." "Impossible!" said the tradesman, hitherto obsequious, but now smitten with the conviction regarding the limits of human possibilities. "At that hour, or not at all," said John Law, calmly.
"At that time I shall perhaps be at my lodgings, 59 Bradwell Street, West.
As I have said to you, I am not clad as I could wish.
It is not a matter of your convenience, but of mine own." "But, sir," expostulated the other, "you order of the best.
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