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The Philanderers

CHAPTER XIII
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They'll understand what you're alluding to, never fear'; and Drake flatly refused to dance into Parliament to that tune, however persuasively Mr.Burl played upon the pipes.
The hotel at which Drake put up was situated in a short broad street which ran from the Market Square.

From the balcony of his sitting-room on the first floor he could see the market sheds at the end of the street to his left.

The opposite end was closed in by the Town Hall, which was built upon an ancient gate of the town.

From Drake's windows you got a glimpse through the archway of green fields and trees.

Almost facing him was a second hotel on the opposite side of the street, the 'Yellow Boar.' It was tricked out, he noticed, with the colours of his opponent.


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