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Mrs. Warren’s Daughter

CHAPTER I
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Moreover I haven't the money for any vagaries yet, though I have an instinct that it is coming.

You know those Charles Davis shares I bought at 5_s._ 3_d._?
Well, they rose to 29_s._ whilst you were away; so I sold out.

We had three hundred, and that, less commissions, made about L350 profit; the boldest coup we have had yet.

And all because I spotted that new find of emery powder in Tripoli, saw it in a Consular Report....
"I want to be rich and therefore powerful, Norie! Then people will forget fast enough about my shameful parentage." _Norie_: "How _is_ she?
Do you ever hear from or of her now ?" _Vivie_: "I haven't heard _from_ her for two years, since I left her letters unanswered.

But I hear _of_ her every now and again.No.


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