A Fine Evening Spoiled- Prologue
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The prologue of T. Robert Pearson's venerated 1909 novel, A Fine Evening Spoiled. Journal entries outlining the efforts of solicitor Kentworth Holdings Jobsley as he arrives in Shropbupfuffingtonshire, Wiltsbury-On-Dangle. Jobsley's desire to sway the mysterious and preeminent Sire Wippleshade into procuring his services are optomistic and cockhardy, but grim portentions cast doubt on Jobsley's fateful endeavour.
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