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CHAPTER XX.
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After the letters of M. Baudois and Don Pedro had been read aloud to the Pr?tor’s family, the Dosch remarked that the Animalculan Mouthpats furnished confirmatory evidence of the provincialism of the Asiatic Heraclean emigrants1, as they were undoubtedly2 parasitic3 companions of the involuntary voyage across the ocean. Their Scythio-Celtic jargonic idiom corresponds with the Latins’ incursive invasions into the Klappish and Celtic territories, while in habits and customs they show the marked impression of instinctive4 traits peculiar5 to the old Heracleans in their irruptive stages of progression. With the classical tendency of history to transmit evil, the Mouthpats have retained the traditional impressions of their ancestors’ instinctive association with the Gigas, in addition to those derived6 from direct inheritance in kind.
In compliance7 with Don Pedro’s request for Manatitlan aid and protection, the Dosch announced his intention of sending two giantescoes to act as auramental governantes for Lovieta and Lavoca, preparatory to their entrance into the Heraclean school, which were to be selected from the reserve maiden8 fund for the relief of widowers9. In answer to Mr. Welson’s inquiry10 with regard to their age, the Dosch assured him that there was no need of anxiety on that score, for the funded maidens11 were not of the soured
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dispositions
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disposition
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detraction
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bosom
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likeness
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innocence
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confession
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withholding
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penance
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semblance
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coterie
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jumble
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redeeming
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salvation
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mythology
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craftsmen
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engross
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defiant
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brigand
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expressive
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mythological
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adverse
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negligence
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gilt
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advertising
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emblematic
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vocation
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gambling
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speculation
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dealing
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saturnine
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cynical
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appreciation
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tout
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ensemble
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constituents
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acrid
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investigation
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