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第13章 the￡1000000 banknte（第6页）
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Plaguetakesitthislanguagegavemethecoldshudders。Itscaredmebroadawake，andmademecomrehendthatIwasstandingonahalf-inchcrust，withacraterunderneath。Ididn&aos;tknowIhadbeendreaming-thatis，Ihadn&aos;tbeenallowingmyselftoknowitforawhileback;butnow-oh，dear!Deeindebt，notacentintheworld，alovelygirl&aos;shainessorwoeinmyhands，andnothinginfrontofmebutasalarywhichmightnever-oh，wouldnever-materialize!Oh，oh，oh!Iamruinedasthoe!nothingcansaveme!
"Henry，themereunconsidereddriingsofyourdailyincomewould-
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"Oh，mydailyincome!Here，downwiththishotScotch，andcheeruyoursoul。Here&aos;swithyou!Or，no-you&aos;rehungry;sitdownand-
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"Notabiteforme;I&aos;mastit。Ican&aos;teat，thesedays;butI&aos;lldrinkwithyoutillIdro。Come!
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"Barrelforbarrel，I&aos;mwithyou!Ready?Herewego!Now，then，Lloyd，unreelyourstorywhileIbrew。
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"Unreelit?What，again?
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"Again?Whatdoyoumeanbythat?
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"Why，Imeandoyouwanttohearitoveragain?
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"DoIwanttohearitoveragain?Thisisauzzler。Wait;don&aos;ttakeanymoreofthatliquid。Youdon&aos;tneedit。
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"Lookhere，Henry，youalarmme。Didn&aos;tItellyouthewholestoryonthewayhere?
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"You?
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"Yes，I。
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"I&aos;llbehangedifIheardawordofit。
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"Henry，thisisaseriousthing。Ittroublesme。Whatdidyoutakeuyonderattheminister&aos;s?
"Thenitallflashedonme，andIownedulikeaman。
"Itookthedearestgirlinthisworld-risoner!
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Sothenhecamewitharush，andweshook，andshook，andshooktillourhandsached;andhedidn&aos;tblamemefornothavingheardawordofastorywhichhadlastedwhilewewalkedthreemiles。Hejustsatdownthen，liketheatient，goodfellowhewas，andtolditalloveragain。Synosized，itamountedtothis:HehadcometoEnglandwithwhathethoughtwasagrandoortunity;hehadan
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"ofit，andkeeallhecouldgetoveramilliondollars。Hehadworkedhard，hadulledeverywireheknewof，hadleftnohonestexedientuntried，hadsentnearlyallthemoneyhehadintheworld，hadnotbeenabletogetasolitarycaitalisttolistentohim，andhisotionwouldrunoutattheendofthemonth。Inaword，hewasruined。Thenhejumeduandcriedout:
"Henry，youcansaveme!Youcansaveme，andyou&aos;retheonlymanintheuniversethatcan。Willyoudoit?Won&aos;tyoudoit?
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