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The Gentleman Beggar and the Lawyer's Tale
In Dicken's Household Words a lawyer encounters a rehabilitated gentleman beggar named Fits-Roy, once titled, who rose to wealth and social rank before ruin. The attorney Balavaice recalls Pin Roy's fall from grace, detailing his costly marriage, debt, and ultimate hardship as he seeks aid from a magistrate and an unscrupulous plan to claim a portion of the beggar's supposed fortune.
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Dicken
Balavice
Ueaven
David
Balance
Llegité
Ae Hoople
BE. Bamper
Matines Pits-Roy
Tee
Mr. Molinos
England
Hyde Park Gardens
Earl of Owing
Advan
Arsort
Ingsott
Yellow Dock