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A Jacobite Exile

CHAPTER 16: In England Again
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If you will pardon my boldness, it is somewhat of a dangerous venture.

In such places brawls are frequent, and rapiers soon out.
"You look to me like one who could hold his own in a fray," he added, as his eye ran over the athletic figure before him, "but it is not always fair fighting.

These fellows hang together, and while engaged with one, half a dozen might fall upon you.

As to your purse, sir, it is your own affair.

You will assuredly lose your money, if you play or wager with them.


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