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before he had recovered his wind, and consequently before he 

 could do much mischief, sent his balk-mariee right through his 

 heart. He was a grand beast, with bristles enough, strong as 

 wire, for all the cordonniers in Lower Brittany, and his weight 

 could not have been much under 3oolbs. 



