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received at their hands Mr Osbaldistone refused every
Highly incensed at the usage his confidential clerk and agent had received at their hands, Mr. Osbaldistone refused every tender of apology and accommodation; and having settled the balance of their account, announced to them that, with all its numerous contingent advantages, that leaf of their ledger was closed for ever.
— from Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Walter Scott


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