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bet was a certainty, but made under such circum- 

 stances, though carefully Avritten out and signed by 

 him, in my ophiion no gentleman would have been 

 justified in taking the money; yet there are many 

 who would have been very angry if any one had said 

 they were not gentlemen, who would have exacted 

 every sixpence ! The scenes which I have described 

 soon became very irksome to me, and I resolved to 

 hunt with the Pychley no more ; 1 therefore re- 

 tired to Harrold Hall, parting very good friends with 

 Mr. Wilkins, and contented myself with such hunting 

 as I could get in the vicinity of my home. 



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