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Truxton King

CHAPTER I
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I'm sorry to say, my good friend, that the women I've seen in the streets of Edelweiss are not beauties.

I won't say that they'd stop a clock, but they'd cause it to lose two or three hours a day, all right enough." "You will not find the beautiful women of Edelweiss in the streets, sir." "Don't they ever go out shopping ?" "Hardly.

The merchants, if you will but notice, carry their wares to the houses of the noble and the rich.

Graustark ladies of quality would no more think of setting foot in a shop or bazaar than they would think of entering a third class carriage.

Believe me, there are many beautiful women in the homes along Castle Avenue.


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