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The advertisements of "Psychics," "World-famous Mediums," "Palmists," "Horologists," and only the devil himself knows what else, filled him with disgust, added to his already poor opinion of sick humanity. Of these Viola now formed a part as an actress shares the envy, the brag, the selfish, blatant struggle for success which is reflected in the advertising columns of dramatic journals.
"Is Monseigneur at home?" he asked. "Oui, m'sieur. His Excellency has mounted a little half-hour ago," said the man. Alec nodded. "Now for it!" he said to himself. His father, a born fop, a boulevardier by adoption, cultivated habits that seemed to follow the mechanical laws of those clockwork manikins that ingenious horologists contrive for the amusement of children, big and little.
"I don't see why the English people stood for it," said the boy, his hereditary resentment against unjust taxation aroused. "They were pretty thoroughly vexed, I assure you," was the reply. "It meant, you see, very disastrous results for the horologists. In fact, even outside the trade feeling ran high.
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