There was a strange agitation in Prout's manner, a strange hurriedness in his tones.

The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event.

The result of the sending of these notices confirms me in the opinion, that it will be necessary to adopt legal means with the great majority of these parties. The circulars have had little effect. In fact, the parties have been “circulared" into the notion that nothing more formidable will ever be sent to them.

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