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'NOTHING to be seen yet, Peter?' was the question asked on 20th May 1859 by a landowner of a little over forty, in a dusty overcoat and checked trousers, as he came out to the low front steps of a post-station on the * * * highway, addressing his servant, a young, round-cheeked fellow with some whitish fluff on his chin and small, lacklustre eyes. Read the first page
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