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Excerpt from Tales From Blackwood, Vol. 6: New Series
I cannot dwell on this terrible period. The eventful day came, and though the rain fell in torrents, and no man living had ever seen the Oaks run in such weather, a small wiry mare called Mrs Perkins won - Glaucus nowhere Nor I either I sold out my troop in the Roans, and with the price, and all I could scrape together, even to the sale of some Indian shawls and trumpery with which I had speculated on winning the affections of my aunt Dinah, a rich old damsel in North Wales, I paid all my debts on the turf, and found myself the next morning, as I awoke, with thirty-four pounds and some Odd silver for all my fortune in the world.
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