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unearths some literary gems.
From The Club of Masks, by Allen Upward:
***the Order of Saint Somebody or other***One was a Lady Greatorex, the other a Mrs. Antrobus, both of them assumed names for aught I knew.***Captain Charles read out from the paper in a round, commanding voice:“Dr. Weathered, deceased. Any patients of the late Dr. Weathered desiring to have their letters to him returned are requested to apply, mentioning number, to Messrs. James, Halliday and James, Solicitors, Carmichael House, Chancery Lane, E.C.4.” He did not spare us even the 4.***Bonus: If you wish to skim chapters XV-XVI, you'll see Mrs. Baker getting the names of Sir Frank Tarleton, Dr. Cassilis, and others wrong, with great profusion and variety:https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/69845/pg69845-images.html#Page_216
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