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is to frightenhim. All the clerks sniggered and made blots of ink on thefloor. Oh, those are the gentry, said Hans Clodhopper; thenI must give the alderman the best thing I have, and he turnedout his pockets and threw the sand in his face. That was cleverly done, said the princess, I couldnthave… … CDC FLQIDQ CRUOK. THERE was once a merchant who was so rich that he mighthave paved the whole street, and a little alley besides,with silver money. But he didnt do it—he knew better howto use his money than that: if he laid out a penny, he gothalf a crown in return, such a clever man of business…
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