Inside of the Cup, the — Volume 05 by Winston Churchill
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page 75 of 89 (84%)
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"Not that I am a patron," the lawyer explained somewhat hastily. "But I've seen the building, going home." "It looks to me as if it would burn down some day, Wallis." "I wish it would," said Mr. Plimpton. "If it's any comfort to you--to us," Langmaid went on, after a moment, "Eldon Parr owns the whole block above Thirteenth, on the south side --bought it three years ago. He thinks the business section will grow that way." "I know," said Mr. Plimpton, and they looked at each other. The name predominant in both minds had been mentioned. "I wonder if Hodder really knows what he's up against." Mr. Plimpton sometimes took refuge in slang. "Well, after all, we're not sure yet that he's 'up against anything,'" replied Langmaid, who thought the time had come for comfort. "It may all be a false alarm. There's no reason, after all, why a Christian clergyman shouldn't rescue women in Dalton Street, and remain in the city to study the conditions of the neighbourhood where his settlement house is to be. And just, because you or I would not be able to resist an invitation to go yachting with Eldon Parr, a man might be imagined who had that amount of moral courage." "That's just it. Hodder seems to me, now I come to think of it, just the |
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