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“But I thought—” began the typist, meekly. “It‘s not your business to think,” snapped the manager. “Just you take down what I say, word for word, and keep your ideas to yourself.” So the afternoon the following letter was brought to him to sign: “Dear Mr Greene,—Write it with an ‘e.’ Pure swank—his father was a gardner. With regard to your letter, of whatever date it was. 1 can quote you the following prices. Hi! Thompson! It’s that outsider Green. How much shall we stick on ? Twenty per cent? Make it thirty? Righto. Thirty pounds a ton. Awaiting your esteemed order; I am vours tndy. That’s settled him.”
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Mt Benger Mail, 23 November 1938, Page 4
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110AS DICTATED Mt Benger Mail, 23 November 1938, Page 4
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