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A HERBERT JENKINS’ BOOK

Printed in Great Britain by Wyman & Sons Ltd., London, Reading and Fakenham

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CONTENTS

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TO MY DAUGHTER LEONORA,

QUEEN OF HER SPECIES.

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LEAVE IT TO PSMITH

CHAPTER I

DARK PLOTTINGS AT BLANDINGS CASTLE

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At the open window of the great library of Blandings Castle, drooping like a wet sock, as was his habit when he had nothing to prop his spine against, the Earl of Emsworth, that amiable and boneheaded peer, stood gazing out over his domain.

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It was a lovely morning and the air was fragrant with gentle summer scents. Yet in his lordship’s pale blue eyes there was a look of melancholy. His brow was furrowed, his mouth peevish. And this was all the more strange in that he was normally as happy as 

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