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PAUL CLIFFORD.
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cording to my creed, my Lord, he conquers most in good breeding, who forbears the most—scorn enables me to forbear!—Adieu!"
With this, Clifford turned on his heel and strode away. A murmur, approaching to a groan, from the younger, or sillier part of the parasites, (the mature and the sensible have no extra emotion to throw away,) followed him as he disappeared.
