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“By Gad,' exclaimed Welsh, 'I’d manage a nunnery for £500!' 'I daresay you would, but a suicidal, and possibly homicidal, lunatic isn’t a nunnery.' Welsh looked at his friend with diminished respect.”

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The Lunatic at Large

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