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Wealthy baronet contrasted with blind farmer on a Devon lane
A sultry day encounter in a Dartmoor lane reveals a blind farmer and Sir Henry Capelin, a rich but unhappy baronet. The farmer, claiming happiness comes from within, contrasts his simple life with the baronet’s wealth, health, and perceived misery.
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