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"Yes," said Bones calmly "Yes, I have just heard you say it, Honest

John Staines Any relation to John o' Gaunt?"

This made the visitor look up sharply

"Ha, ha!" he said, his laugh lacking sincerity "You're a bit of a

joker, Mr Tibbetts Nohat do you say to this? This is Stivvins'

Wharf and Warehouse Caht it

on Saturday The only river frontage which is vacant between Greenwich

and Gravesend Stivvins, precious metal refiner, went broke in the

War, as you may have heard Now, I aht this property for fifteen thousand

pounds Show me a profit of five thousand pounds and it's yours"

Before Bones could speak, he stopped hiesture

"Let me tell you this: if you like to sit on that property for a month,

you'll make a sheer profit of twenty thousand pounds You can afford

to do it--I can't I tell you there isn't a vacant wharfage between

Greenwich and Gravesend, and here you have a warehouse with thirty

thousand feet of floor-space, derricks--derrick, naman of that na in---- Well, it's not in apple-pie order," he admitted,

"but it won't take much to make it so What do you say?"