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Oh, come in, Mrs. Bauer! I'm glad to see you. You'll help me cheer poor Alfred up a bit. Not but what he ought to be happy now--for what d'you think happened at three o'clock to-day? Why, the Dean himself came along and left a beautiful letter with us--an Address, _he_ called it. She was walking down the passage as she spoke, and when she opened the parlour door she called out cheerfully,
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Here's Mrs. Bauer come to see us! I tell her she'll have to help cheer you up a bit.
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Very pleased to see you, I'm sure! he exclaimed cordially.
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Yes, it is as Polly says--out of evil good has come to us. See here, my dear friend!
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What wicked folk in this city there are! she exclaimed.
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Even Mr. Robey to me says, 'Dastardly conduct!'
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Yes, yes, said Polly hastily.
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It was _dreadful_! But look at this, Mrs. Bauer----
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TO ALFRED HEAD, CITY COUNCILLOR OF WITANBURY.
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We the undersigned, your fellow-countrymen and fellow-citizens of Witanbury, wish to express to you our utter abhorrence and sense of personal shame in the dastardly attack which was made on your house and property on March 25, 1915. As a small token of regard we desire to inform you that we have started a fund for compensating you for any material loss you may have incurred which is not covered by your plate-glass insurance.