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of the tailors' firm had his handsome
mansion in Regent's Park
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and did little more than lend
his name to the house. Woolsey lived in it
was the working man of the
firm
and it was said that his cut was as magnificent as that of any man in
the profession. Woolsey and Eglantine were rivals in many ways--rivals
in fashion
rivals in wit
and
above all
rivals for the hand of an amiable
young lady whom we have already mentioned
the dark-eyed songstress
Morgiana Crump. They were both desperately in love with her
that was
the truth; and each
in the absence of the other
abused his rival heartily.
Of the hairdresser Woolsey said
that as for Eglantine being his real name
it was all his (Mr. Woolsey's) eye; that he was in the hands of the Jews
and his stock and grand shop eaten up by usury. And with regard to
Woolsey
Eglantine r[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]rked
that his pretence of being descended from
the Cardinal was all nonsense; that he was a partner
certainly
in the firm
but had only a sixteenth share; and that the firm could never get their
moneys in
and had an immense number of bad debts in their books. As is
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