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Dombey and Son — Chapter 10 (Part 8 of 8)

which personal beauty the original was described as having excelled all competitors), he hit upon the happy thought of changing it to Fle--e--eg; which he accordingly did, with an archness almost supernatural, and a voice quite vociferous, notwithstanding that the time was close at hand when he must seek the abode of the dreadful Mrs. MacStinger.