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for a recommendation?'
'You may enquire,' returned the lawyer, with a foolish laugh; 'but I was
invited not to tell you--till the thing was done.'
'
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My uncle, no doubt,' was the barrister's conclusion.
My name is John Dickson,' continued Michael; 'a pretty well-known name
in Ballarat; and my friend here is Mr Ezra Thomas, of the United States
of America, a wealthy manufacturer of india-rubber overshoes.'
'Stop one moment till I make a note of that,' said Gideon; any one might
have supposed he was an old practitioner.
'
Perhaps you wouldn't mind my smoking a cigar?' asked Michael. He had
pulled himself together for the entrance; now again there began to
settle on his mind clouds of irresponsible humour and incipient slumber;
and he hoped (as so many have hoped in the like case) that a cigar would
clear him.
'Oh, certainly,' cried Gideon blandly. 'Try one of mine; I can
confidently recommend them.' And he handed the box to his client.
'
In case I don't make myself perfectly clear,' observed the Australian,
it's perhaps best to tell you candidly that I've been lunching. It's a
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thing that may happen to any one.'
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