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" Seventy-five dollars ? A great price. I would have 

 sold him the lot for sixty. Now, gentlemen, you have 

 heard the defendant in the case. What have you to 

 say ? " 



They had nothing to say at all. A short pause ensued, 

 and then Charlotte remembered she -must hurry home to the 

 baby, and the minister found he had another call to make 

 that evening. I cheerfully ushered them to the door, and 

 they departed into the night. 



" Gentlemen, let us go on with our plans. 



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