"But I keep telling you that (the company) Dream Come True hasn't any copper in it."(said Berry)
"Well, there are always mugs in the world, aren't there? It will be a sorry day for England,"said Lord Biskerton, "when you can't find some mug to buy a mine, however dud. You say yours hasn't anything in it? My old guv'nor once bought shares in an oil-well, and not only there was no oil, there wasn't even a well."
PENURY
(When Mr Frisby, Berry's employer, learns that his subordinate Berry hobnobs with the elite crowd, says,)
"I don't understand you," he(Mr Frisby) said. "You seem to mix with the Four Hundred, go to school with their nephews and all that, and here you are, working in my office on a..."
"Ridiculously small salary, sir?" ( said Berry). "Very true. It's rather a sad story. I was adopted by a rich aunt, and she suddenly turned into a poor aunt."
PLACID MULBERRY GROVE
Nothing marred the quiet peace of Mulberry Grove. No policeman ever came near it. Trademen's boys, when they entered it on tricycles, hushed their whistling. And even stray dogs, looking in with the idea of having a bark at the swans, checked themselves with an apologetic cough on seeing where they were and backed out respectfully.
(Contents in the brackets are blog author's inputs for clarity)
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