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An Act in a Backwater

by E. F. Benson

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Excerpt from An Act in a BackwaterNow Colonel Raymond's manner was so radically bluff and straightforward that it would be absurd to argue any want of sin cerity from such trifles. Every man he met was either the best 'fellow on this earth, or a blackguard, sir, a low Radical black guardl Shades and fine distinctions did not exist for him; there was no nonsense about him, he would say. But there was very little sense.This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whil...

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