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“I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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“I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.” The tall gentleman stared. “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?” “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.” The stranger looked at him curiously.
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A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight
From this reading “The tall gentleman stared.”
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From this reading The stranger looked at him curiously.
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From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
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From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading The stranger looked at him curiously.
A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight
From this reading The tall gentleman stared.
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From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading The stranger looked at him curiously.
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
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From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
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From this reading The stranger looked at him curiously.
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From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
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From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
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From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
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From this reading The tall gentleman stared.
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From this reading The stranger looked at him curiously.
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From this reading The tall gentleman stared.
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From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading The tall gentleman stared.
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Because silver is sometimes more valuable than gold,” said the priest mildly; “that is, in large quantities.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hang it,” he cried, “if I choose to give you gold, why should you complain?”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
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From this reading “I think, sir,” he said civilly, “that you have some silver in your pocket.”
Use these questions to verify literal comprehension before continuing to the next chapter.
What has disappeared from the Fishermen's table?
Why is the unknown fifteenth waiter difficult to identify?
Where does Father Brown reveal the recovered silver?
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