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— you will find it at full length Sir" – offering him the two little oblongextracts. — "Sir – said Mr . Heywoodwith a good humoured smile – ifyou were to shew me all the Newspaperstharet1 are printed in one week throughoutthe Kingdom, you yo wd .would not persuademe of there being a Surgeon in this Parish Willingden, – for haviIng have2 having lived here Sirever since I was born, Man & Boy Sir57 years, and never heard before I think without ever hearing of theI must have known existence of such a person,at least before. — I think I may venture therefore at least to say at leastthat he has not much Busineſs.; –3 ThoughTo to be sure, if Gentlemen were to beoften attempting this Lane in Post--chaises, it might not be a bad Spe::culation for a Surgeon to get a Houseat the top of the Hill. – But as tothat Cottage, I can aſsure youSir thatit is in fact – (inspite of its spruce airat this andistance4 –) as indifferent adouble Tenement as any in the Parish.,5and that My6 Shepherd lives at one end, & threeold women at the other." He tookthe peices bits of paper as he spoke – & having

Footnotes

1.
JA wrote 'thare' which she altered to 'that' by overwriting 're' with 't'. Back to context...
2.
'I have' replaced by 'for having', with 'ng' written over 'I' and 'have' deleted. Back to context...
3.
A full stop replaced by semi-colon and dash. Back to context...
4.
'distance' replaces 'an' (part of an aborted word). Back to context...
5.
Comma written over full stop. Back to context...
6.
'My' began a new sentence, which is revised to form a continuing sentence. Back to context...
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