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For some time past Mr. Meyerhofer had gone about with great plans in his / head. He had discovered that the turf moor which surrounded the farm in / a wide circle was in a condition to afford a sure profit. Already, twice / or thrice, when need had been sorest, he had, to make shift, ordered / peat to be cut, and sent five cart-loads to the town.
Secretly, quite secretly -- for he was too proud to be considered as / nothing better than a common peat-cutting farmer. His people had each / time brought home twenty to twenty-five marks clear gain, and said that / there was far more to be gained still in this way, because black, firm / peat was an article much in demand in the market.