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"And then my lord has much that he would state All good to you. " -- CRABBE: /Tales of the Heart/.
LORD VARGRAVE was sitting alone in his library, with his account-books before him. Carefully did he cast up the various sums which, invested in various speculations, swelled his income. The result seemed satisfactory -- and the rich man threw down his pen with an air of triumph.