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They gave up the tickets willingly enough, and we repaired to Mont de Piétè in Rue Lepic.

"Mountain of Pity—a queer name for a hock shop," said Mark when I related the redemption of Swithin's clothes. "I once knew a three-hundred-pound Isaac in 'Frisco, but that is another story."

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