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"The individual whose sad taking-off I have just narrated," said the / emir of the tribe of Al-Yam, "affords an excellent example of the power / of good clothes. Suppose he had secreted himself under Miss Almira's / bed wearing a jumper, overalls, and a mask. He would have been / arrested and lodged in the penitentiary."
"But he is now dead," said Mr. Middleton.