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           ‘Oh,very,’repliedBob;‘onlynotquitesomuchsoastheconfidenceofpatientswithashillingortwotosparewouldbe.Thisbusinesswascapitallydescribedintheadvertisement,Ben.Itisapractice,averyextensivepracticeandthat’sall.’

           ‘Bob,’saidMr.BenAllen,layingdownhisknifeandfork,andfixinghiseyesonthevisageofhisfriend,‘Bob,I’lltellyouwhatitis.’

           ‘Whatisit?’inquiredMr.BobSawyer.

           ‘Youmustmakeyourself,withaslittledelayaspossible,masterofArabella’sonethousandpounds.’

           ‘Threepercent.consolidatedbankannuities,nowstandinginhernameinthebookorbooksofthegovernorandcompanyoftheBankofEngland,’addedBobSawyer,inlegalphraseology.

           ‘Exactlyso,’saidBen.‘Shehasitwhenshecomesofage,ormarries.Shewantsayearofcomingofage,andifyoupluckedupaspiritsheneedn’twantamonthofbeingmarried.’

           ‘She’saverycharminganddelightfulcreature,’quothMr.RobertSawyer,inreply;‘andhasonlyonefaultthatIknowof,Ben.Ithappens,unfortunately,thatthatsingleblemishisawantoftaste.Shedon’tlikeme.’

           ‘It’smyopinionthatshedon’tknowwhatshedoeslike,’saidMr.BenAllencontemptuously.

           ‘Perhapsnot,’remarkedMr.BobSawyer.‘Butit’smyopinionthatshedoesknowwhatshedoesn’tlike,andthat’sofmoreimportance.

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