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Mr. Standfast

CHAPTER THREE
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It don't do for you and me to advertise our acquaintance in the street.

As for the shop, I've owned it for five years.

I've a taste for good reading, though you wouldn't think it, and it tickles me to hand it out across the counter ...

First, I want to hear about Biggleswick.' 'There isn't a great deal to it.

A lot of ignorance, a large slice of vanity, and a pinch or two of wrong-headed honesty--these are the ingredients of the pie.


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