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Barry Pain. City Chronicles

City Chronicles

Table of Contents

No. I.—A MODERN SIBYL

No. II.—GREASEWELL'S HOUSE PAINTS

No. III.—THE CODE

No. lV.—IN THE LOCK

No. V.—BLUFF

No. VI.—FIFTEEN PER CENT

No. VII.—SOAMES v. FARSHAW

No. VIII.—AN EXPLORATION ENTERPRISE

No. IX.—"UNLIKELIES."

No. X.—RUINED

No. XI.—THE FYLMIRE DIAMOND

No. XII.—THE BITING OF THE BITER

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Barry Pain

Published by Good Press, 2020

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"Mr. Soames," said Farshaw, "I can see that you are angry with us, and I confess that it doesn't surprise me. This is hard lines for you. But do you think you are well advised in making bad worse? Let us suppose that you stay. It may give us a little trouble, but it will make no difference in the end. The hotel will be built, and your chambers will remain, just in the middle of the kitchen and the servants' quarters. You will have to use the servants' stairs and entrance. Will that be pleasant for you or for friends who come to see you? I say nothing of what you will have to go through in consequence of the building operations."

"It won't be pleasant, but I am going to stay. I shouldn't have thought that the first-floor front was the best place for the kitchens and servants' bedrooms, but——"

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