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PETER
A Novel Of Which He Is Not the Hero
BY F. HOPKINSON SMITH
PETER
CHAPTER I
Peter was still poring over his ledger one dark afternoon in
December, his bald head glistening like a huge ostrich egg under
the flare of the overhead gas jets, when Patrick, the night
watchman, catching sight of my face peering through the outer
grating, opened the door of the Bank.
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