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really halfpast one.

really halfpast one. Thence arose in the early days painful misunderstandings on the part of our square, for we are a simple people and deem it the duty of a timepiece to keep time. In particular we were befooled by grandfather, the solemnvoiced ananias of a clock with a longrange stroke and a most convincing manner. So that schepstein, the noteshaver, on his way to a profitable appointment at 11 a.m., heard the hour strike thirtyfive minutes in advance of the best professional opinion from the house of silvery voices, and was impelled to the recklessness of hiring a passing taxi, thereby reaching his destination with half an hour to spare and half a dollar to lack, for which latter