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A Jacobite Exile

CHAPTER 16: In England Again
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But that is no concern of mine.

Neither, you may say, is your life; but it seems to me that it is.

One young gentleman from the country, who wanted, like you, to see life, was killed in a brawl, and I have never forgiven myself for having taken him to the tavern where he lost his life.
Thus, I say that, though willing enough to earn a crown or two outside my own work, I must decline to take you to places where, as it seems to me, you are likely to get into trouble." "You are an honest fellow, and I like you all the more, for speaking out frankly to me," Charlie said, "and were I, as I told your brother, thinking of going to such places solely for amusement, what you say would have weight with me.

But, as I see that you are to be trusted, I will tell you more.

I want to find a man who did me and mine a grievous ill turn.


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