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McTeague

CHAPTER 7
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How much do you suppose that girl has won ?" "I don't know.

How much?
How much ?" "Five thousand dollars." It was as though a knife had been run through the Jew; a spasm of an almost physical pain twisted his face--his entire body.

He raised his clenched fists into the air, his eyes shut, his teeth gnawing his lip.
"Five thousand dollars," he whispered; "five thousand dollars.

For what?
For nothing, for simply buying a ticket; and I have worked so hard for it, so hard, so hard.

Five thousand dollars, five thousand dollars.


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