[McTeague by Frank Norris]@TWC D-Link bookMcTeague CHAPTER 7 2/37  
 "Five tausend thalers! five tausend thalers! If popper were only here!"  "What is it--what is it  ?" exclaimed McTeague, rolling his eyes.     "What are you going to do with it, Trina  ?" inquired Marcus.     "You're a rich woman, my dear," said Miss Baker, her little false curls quivering with excitement, "and I'm glad for your sake. 
  Let me kiss you.    To think I was in the room when you bought the ticket!"  "Oh, oh!" interrupted Trina, shaking her head, "there is a mistake.    There must be. 
  Why--why should I win five thousand dollars?  It's nonsense!"  "No mistake, no mistake," screamed Maria. 
  "Your number was 400,012. 
  Here it is in the paper this evening. 
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