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SOFA LONDON : 'To be sure; she always signs herself. Without that the order would be of no effect.' 'Well, and now shall you send this order to the agent?' 'No, sir. He'll come himself and read sofa london That's to say, it'll be read to him; you see, he's no scholar.' (The clerk on duty was silent again for a while.) sofa london what do you say?' he added, simpering; 'is it well written?' 'Very well written.' 'It wasn't composed, I must confess, by me. Konstantin is the great one for that.' 'What?... Do you mean the orders have first to be composed among you?' 'Why, how else could we do? Couldn't write them off straight without making a fair copy.' 'And what salary do you get?' I inquired. 'Thirty-five roubles, and five roubles for boots.'
SOFA LONDON : 'And are you satisfied?' 'Of course I am satisfied. It's not everyone can get into an office like ours. It was God's will, in my case, to be sure; I'd an uncle who was in service as a butler.' 'And you're well-off?' 'Yes, sir. Though, to tell the truth,' he went on, with a sigh, 'a place at a merchant's, sofa london instance, is better for the likes of us. At sofa london merchant's they're very well off. Yesterday evening a merchant came to us from Venev, and his man got talking to me.... Yes, that's a good place, no doubt about it; a very good place.' 'Why? Do the merchants pay more wages?' 'Lord preserve us! Why, a merchant would soon give you the sack if you asked him for wages. No, at a merchant's you must live on trust and on
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