[Tom, Dick and Harry by Talbot Baines Reed]@TWC D-Link bookTom, Dick and Harry CHAPTER ELEVEN 14/21
It's wonderful how sharp they are, isn't it ?" "But you're going to have it corrected, surely ?" said I. "Why, it would cost a frightful lot!" protested the company.
"We might alter it in ink, but that would only call attention to it.
Bless you, no one will notice it.
They'll put it down to a printer's error." I was by no means satisfied, but their delight at the whole performance was so unbounded that it was impossible to be as angry as I felt. "It'll draw, and no mistake," said Trimble, who had evidently never seen his name in print before.
"Jolly well drawn up of you, Lang." "Oh," said Langrish modestly, "when you know what you want to say, it's easy enough to stick it down." "That's why you stuck down 'Sarah,' I suppose," said I, rather crossly. "I never knew such a kid as you," retorted Langrish; "you seem to fancy nobody can think of anything but you and your washerwoman." The conversation was drifting on to dangerous ground, and Warminster promptly changed the subject. "The thing now will be to put the papers about.
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