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Tono-Bungay Book 3 Chapter 1 - Parts 4-6
In which an empire of commerce is revealed as built not on substance but on the shimmering mirage of confidence and illusion, with schemes and ventures coming and going like fleeting phantoms in a world teetering on the edge of reality. Among these fleeting promises, the enigmatic figure Gordon-Nasmyth brings tales of a strange, forbidden mineral wealth, entwining the mundane enterprises with distant exoticism and the faint stirrings of adventure.
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