Matthew Austin, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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He finished his glass of claret and gazed across the fine damask tablecloth, the polished silver, the bowls and vases of cut blooms which had suggested these reflections to him, till his eyes rested upon the sunny garden beyond, where, through the open French windows, brilliant parterres and flowering shrubs could be seen basking in the still warmth of a summer afternoon. He had been eating his luncheon in solitude, so that there was no one to argue With him or to point out the futility of quarrelling with that unequal distribution of wealth which statesmen, philosophers and divines have proclaimed, from time immemorial, to be the very foundation-stone of the social fabric. Presently he lighted a cigarette, not without a slight inward twinge of compunction - for the truth was that he could tolerate nothing save the very choicest tobacco and was somewhat ultra-fastidious in all his tastes.

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