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The Mayor of Troy

CHAPTER XVII
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I have a presentimen--" "Do not utter it, my dear sir!" the Doctor entreated.
"He was a man--" "Yes, yes; 'taking one thing with another, it is more than likely we shall never see him again.' The words, sir, struck upon my spirit like the tolling of a bell.

But for Heaven's sake let us not despair!" "Life is precarious, Dr.Hansombody; as your profession, if any, should teach.

We are here to-day; we are gone--in the more sudden cases--to-morrow.

What do you say, sir, to a glass of wine at the 'Benbow'?
To my thinking, we should both be the better for it.".


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