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"I have before me," said the sheriff, "Lord Fermain Clancharlie, Baron Clancharlie and Hunkerville, Marquis of Corleone in Sicily, and a peer of England." And rising, and offering his chair to Gwynplaine, the sheriff added, "My lord, will your lordship deign to seat yourself?"