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contents on to the table, the footman said: "’Utchings 'as gone, sir."
"We must bear up," said Mr. Manley, in a tone wholly void of any sympathy with Hutchings in his misfortune.
"He was that furious. The things 'e said 'e'd do to his lordship!" said Holloway in a deeply-impressed tone.
"Threatened men live long," said Mr. Manley carelessly.