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Excerpt from Jabez Oliphant; Or the Modern Prince, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel
Mr. Smithies, we will balance the day's accounts, if you please; Oh, and Mr. Nichols 1 Another of the young men came forward, apparently, as Officers going to their first battle are said to do sometimes, disguising his nervousness under a gallant show of briskness. It is your fault, I understand, that those six chests were not forwarded to Leadbeater and Co. You will explain the omission to me at eleven to-morrow. Mr. Oliphant checked himself suddenly, how ever, and added in a softer tone, Ah, well, never mind I forgot that I shall not be here to-morrow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.