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The House by the Church-Yard

CHAPTER XIII
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He may call himself Mervyn, or Fitzgerald, or Thompson, Sir, or any other name, but it won't do, Sir.

No, Dr.Walsingham, it won't do.

The people down in this little village here, Sir, are plaguy sharp--they're cunning; upon my life, I believe they are too hard for Nutter.' In fact, Sturk had been urging on his lordship the purchase of this little property, which, for many reasons ought to be had a bargain, and adjoined Lord Castlemallard's, and had talked him into viewing it quite as an object.

No wonder, then, he should look on Mervyn's restorations and residence, in the light of an impertinence and an intrusion..


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