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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

"'this salmon to the cook!'"

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.