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"THIS IS THE MALT THAT LAY IN THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT."
A WEEK had passed since Ratcliffe had been driven from his father's home, and his name had only once been mentioned between John and his elder son. This was on that first day when Tom had asked where his brother was, and had received the brief and not unwelcome reply, "He's gone, and he'll come back no more."