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And there also you may behold Lord Spendall brought thither in his Coach very magnificently, and carried home in no less state; but seldom goes away before he hath either won or lost a pretty number of Guinneys.
"For full five and thirty years," he writes, "had I been waiting to see the negro 'standing in the mill pond. I saw him in all his glory and all his driving wretchedness at Guinneys, in the State of Virginia. I own that for some days past the potential African, 'standin' in de mill pond longer than he oughter' had been lying somewhat heavily on my conscience.
"Precisely," answered Ravenslee, rising and stretching his long arms, "Tony has solved my difficulty; I'll go into the peanut trade." "What? Sell peanuts? You?" "Why not? 'Man is born you know." "But my land! Only dagos and guinneys sells peanuts!" "Splendid! I shall be the exception, Mrs. Trapes. Anyway, a peanut man I'll be!"
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