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adroitness and cleverness in reply
- I do not mean that any beggar in the streets of London could earn £700 a year—which is less than my average takings—but I had exceptional advantages in my power of making up, and also in a facility of repartee, which improved by practice and made me quite a recognised character in the City.Adventure VI — The Man with the Twisted Lip (93% in)
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