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Truxton King

CHAPTER III
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I didn't know it myself two minutes ago.

No, sir, Hobbs--or is it Dobbs?
Thanks--no, sir, I'm going to stop here for a--well, a week or two.

Where the dickens do these people keep themselves?
I haven't seen 'em before." "Oh, they are the nobility--the swells.

They don't hang around the streets like tourists and rubbernecks, sir," in plain disgust.
"I thought you were an Englishman," observed King, with a quizzical smile.
"I am, sir.

I can't help saying rubbernecks, sir, though it's a shocking word.


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