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"The Wise One was a man what wrote a book a 'underd years ago about 'erbs," said Peke. "'The Way o' Long Life, it's called, an' my father an' grandfather and great-grandfather afore 'em 'ad the book, an' I've got it still, though I shows it to nobody, for nobody but me wouldn't unnerstand it.
Ashurst, who was leaning against the gate, lighting his pipe, left his curved hands before his face for long after the flame of the match had gone out. "Yes?" he said, and to himself his voice sounded hoarse and queer. "She was one in an 'underd, poor maid! I putts a flower 'ere every time I passes.
"Aw don't see what tha friend was doin' at Khartoum wi' Goordon." "'E was makin' Perry Davis' Pain Killer for them at 'ome who wouldn't send Gordon 'elp when the 'eathen was at 'is doors a 'underd to one. 'E was makin' it for them to soothe their bloomin' pains an' sorrers when Gordon an' Macnamara 'ad cried 'elp! for the lawst toime!"
Bayliss, an' mebbe ye'll tell me where to put the two 'underd pounds so as I don't lose it, for I never 'ad so much money in my life, an' if any one gets to 'ear of it I'll 'ave all the 'alt an' lame an' blind round me in a jiffy. An' as for keepin' money, I never could an' p'raps it 'ud be best for Mr. Robin to look arter it " Here she stopped, out of breath with talk and tears.
"I ain't sayin' 'as 'e went, an' I ain't thinkin' as 'e went. I'm waitin' like a bloomin' telegarpher at the end of a wire. 'E was the pick o' fifteen 'underd men was Macnamara." "What sent t' laad to Goordon?" "A-talkin' of 'isself silly to two lydies at onct." "Aye, theer's the floower o' the flock. Breakin' hearts an' spoilin' lives aw've seen them floowers bloomin'."
Why, if you was to give that 'oss ten feeds of corn a day he'd take an' eat 'em all out clean wouldn't leave a hoat! And legs. Them's not legs! them's slips of gutta-percher an' steel! To be sure he'll fetch a hawful price at the 'ammer four 'underd, five 'underd, I shouldn't wonder why he's worth all the money to look at.
"Aw don't see what tha friend was doin' at Khartoum wi' Goordon." 'E was makin' Perry Davis' Pain Killer for them at 'ome who wouldn't send Gordon 'elp when the 'eathen was at 'is doors a 'underd to one. 'E was makin' it for them to soothe their bloomin' pains an' sorrers when Gordon an' Macnamara 'ad cried 'elp! for the lawst toime!"
Thornton; adding, 'he's not for myself, of course, but I think I know a man he would suit, and who would be inclined to give a good price for him. 'I will, replied Mr. Sponge; 'I will, repeated he, adding, 'if I were to sell him, I wouldn't take a farthing under three 'underd for him three 'underd guineas, mind, not punds. 'That's a vast sum of money, observed Mr. Thornton.
'That comes to a 'underd pounds a week. 'Little enough, too, for a man like 'im, said Harlow. 'You're right, mate, said the other, with deep sympathy in his voice. 'Last time 'e 'eld office 'e was only in for five years, so 'e only made twenty-five thousand pounds out of it.
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