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... confident . " " A rare and delightful scheme of scoun- drelism which is only another name for mod- ern finance . All this he has done without your knowledge ? " " No , he called me this morning and told me to unload , too - gave me a ...
... confident . " " A rare and delightful scheme of scoun- drelism which is only another name for mod- ern finance . All this he has done without your knowledge ? " " No , he called me this morning and told me to unload , too - gave me a ...
Page 36
... confidence I can inspire is my capital in my business . I should like you to know me and test me . Edgar trusts me . He can and has . But I don't trust him , big man as he is . He is the last man I know that I would let get a hold on me ...
... confidence I can inspire is my capital in my business . I should like you to know me and test me . Edgar trusts me . He can and has . But I don't trust him , big man as he is . He is the last man I know that I would let get a hold on me ...
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... confidence where you had thought you had it all , don't be cast down and think he has distrusted you . It is not in the nature of J. Percival to give his whole trust to anybody . Having chosen you for a confi- dential relation he will ...
... confidence where you had thought you had it all , don't be cast down and think he has distrusted you . It is not in the nature of J. Percival to give his whole trust to anybody . Having chosen you for a confi- dential relation he will ...
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... confidence . I am very fond of the Elberts , whom I have known from my girlhood , but I - well , perhaps this is the better way to put it and it may serve Frank , who is not quite so fortunate as now appears . Let him say to Mr. Dunbar ...
... confidence . I am very fond of the Elberts , whom I have known from my girlhood , but I - well , perhaps this is the better way to put it and it may serve Frank , who is not quite so fortunate as now appears . Let him say to Mr. Dunbar ...
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... confidence of Edgar . " Then he summoned Elbert and asked him if Hackett were yet there . Joe had gone some time before the secretary's answer . " Elbert , " asked Percy , " is Hackett fre- quently at your house ? " " Pretty often , sir ...
... confidence of Edgar . " Then he summoned Elbert and asked him if Hackett were yet there . Joe had gone some time before the secretary's answer . " Elbert , " asked Percy , " is Hackett fre- quently at your house ? " " Pretty often , sir ...
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