the great hoggarty diamond(大钻石)-第38节
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her savings for fifteen years。 Peace be to her soul! for certainly she left
me a very pretty property。
Though I am no literary man myself; my cousin Michael (who
generally; when he is short of coin; comes down and passes a few months
with us) says that my Memoirs may be of some use to the public (meaning;
I suspect; to himself); and if so; I am glad to serve him and them; and
hereby take farewell: bidding all gents who peruse this; to be cautious of
their money; if they have it; to be still more cautious of their friends'
money; to remember that great profits imply great risks; and that the great
shrewd capitalists of this country would not be content with four per cent。
for their money; if they could securely get more: above all; I entreat
them never to embark in any speculation; of which the conduct is not
perfectly clear to them; and of which the agents are not perfectly open and
loyal。
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