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The Moonstone

CHAPTER XXIII
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Here it is, at your service.

Read it as I read it, and you will set the right value on the Sergeant's polite attention in sending me the news of the day: "LAMBETH--Shortly before the closing of the court, Mr.Septimus Luker, the well-known dealer in ancient gems, carvings, intagli, &c., &c., applied to the sitting magistrate for advice.

The applicant stated that he had been annoyed, at intervals throughout the day, by the proceedings of some of those strolling Indians who infest the streets.

The persons complained of were three in number.

After having been sent away by the police, they had returned again and again, and had attempted to enter the house on pretence of asking for charity.


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