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'I've had a talk with Nathaniel Walker, he continued; 'a long talk a talk of vast importance. You know Walker? No, no; how should you? He's a man of business; close friend of Rackett's Rackett, you know, the owner of The Study. Upon this he made a grave pause, and glared more excitedly than ever. 'I have heard of Mr Rackett, said Marian. 'Of course, of course.
Then did the room ring with scornful laughter, with boisterous satire, with shouted irony, with fierce invective. After an evening of that kind Yule was unwell and miserable for several days. It was not to be expected that Mr Quarmby, inveterate chatterbox of the Reading-room and other resorts, should keep silence concerning what he had heard of Mr Rackett's intentions.
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