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Over there, above the jetty, stands the mansion of the Vardens, / With a tennis ground and terrace, and a flagstaff in the gardens: / They are gentlemen and ladies -- they've been ‘toffs' for generations, / But old Varden's been unlucky -- lost a lot in speculations.
Troubles gathered fast upon him when the mining bubble ‘busted,' / Then the bank suspended payment, where his little all he trusted; / And the butcher and the baker sent their bills in when they read it, / Even John, the Chow that served him, has refused to give him ‘cledit.'