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The Mystery of 31 New Inn

CHAPTER V
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No?
Well, well! Even a Frenchman would take mustard.

You can have no appreciation of flavour, Thorndyke, if you take your victuals in that crude, unseasoned state.
And, talking of flavour, do you suppose that there is really any difference between that of a lark and that of a sparrow ?" Thorndyke smiled grimly.

"I should suppose," said he, "that they were indistinguishable; but the question could easily be put to the test of experiment." "That is true," agreed Marchmont, "and it would really be worth trying, for, as you say, sparrows are more easily obtainable than larks.

But, about this will.

I was saying--er--now, what was I saying ?" "I understood you to say," replied Thorndyke, "that the intentions of the testator were in some way connected with mustard.


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