THE KING OF SCHNORRERS.
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"Sir, I thought you were a fine man, a man of honour. I admit that I placed my fish in your hands. But because I
had no hesitation in allowing you to carry it, this is how you repay my confidence!"
In the whirl of his thoughts Grobstock grasped at the word "repay" as a swimmer in a whirlpool grasps at a straw.