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The Valley of Fear

CHAPTER 2--The Bodymaster
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But I was advised to see you." "Well, you see me.

This is all there is.

What d'you think of me ?" "Well, it's early days.

If your heart is as big as your body, and your soul as fine as your face, then I'd ask for nothing better," said McMurdo.
"By Gar! you've got an Irish tongue in your head anyhow," cried the saloon-keeper, not quite certain whether to humour this audacious visitor or to stand upon his dignity.
"So you are good enough to pass my appearance ?" "Sure," said McMurdo.
"And you were told to see me ?" "I was." "And who told you ?" "Brother Scanlan of Lodge 341, Vermissa.

I drink your health Councillor, and to our better acquaintance." He raised a glass with which he had been served to his lips and elevated his little finger as he drank it.
McGinty, who had been watching him narrowly, raised his thick black eyebrows.


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