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to houses for sale. Her usual profits on these 

 speculations she did not acquaint us with ; 

 perhaps she might gain eighteen-pence a cart- 

 load for her trouble and the outlay of her 

 capital ! 



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Mr. Longhurst had learned of the good- 

 natured builder^ Mr. Woodgate^ the day on 

 which he purposed moving the timber-tree, 

 which we had seen cut down. On the morning 

 of that day, we assembled at the spot, as agreed. 

 We all felt more interested in these things, 

 the more we attended to them and understood 

 them ; otherwise, perhaps, we should not have 

 felt motives sufficiently strong to pay such fre- 



