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A candle furnished light. "I wonder if the bloke'll turn up," he reflected, as he puffed rank smoke from his mouth. "If he don't he knows what to expect I ain't a man to go back on my word. But I needn't fear. He'll come all right, and he'll have the dust with him. Is it likely he'd throw away a fortune, such as I'm offerin' him? Not a bit of it! I'll be glad when the thing is done and over with.
But, bless you, them boots of his is pretty nigh 'andy wore out, and I tell him so. `Never mind, Billy, says he; `I'll be getting a new pair soon when I've got the money saved, says he. `I mean to get a good strong pair, says he, `double-soled and plates on the 'eels, my boy, he says, `and you shall polish them up every night for me. `That I will, says I. Bless you, governor, that there bloke'll 'ave the shiniest pair of boots in town."
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