The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Part I.
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A Pawnbroker's Business Is Mostly Done of an Evening
i thought over the matter all day and by evening i was in low spirits again, for i had quite persuaded myself that the whole affair must be some great hoax or fraud. So it would suit me very well to earn a little in the mornings. Besides, i knew that my assistant was a good man and that he would see to anything that turned up. And the pay is four pounds a week. And the work is purely nominal. What do you call purely nominal? Well, you have to be in the office, or at least in the building, the whole time. If you leave, you forfeit your whole position forever. The will is very clear upon that point. You don't
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