[Penny Plain by Anna Buchan (writing as O. Douglas)]@TWC D-Link book
Penny Plain

CHAPTER II
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It was his own little town, his birthplace and I thought the name sung itself like a song.

I made inquiries about rooms and found that in a little house called Hillview, owned by one Bella Bathgate, I might lodge.

I liked the name of the house and its owner, and I hope to find in Priorsford peace and great content.
"Having been more or less of a fool for forty years, I am now going to try to get understanding.

It won't be easy, for we are told that 'it cannot be gotten with gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof....

No mention shall be made of coral and pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.' "I am going to walk on the hills all day, and in the evening I shall read the Book of Job and Shakespeare and Sir Walter.
"In one of the Jungle Books there was a man called Sir Purun Dass--do you remember?
Sir Purun Dass, K.C.I.E., who left all his honours and slipped out one day to the sun-baked highway with nothing but an ochre-coloured garment and a beggar's bowl.


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