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My greetings to youri;-as ever, your humble husband,^Solomon. It's a good thing I ain't scairt to be lazy, Augustus told him once. An agreement was struck between themwhereby Ikey would put up the capital for the brothel forwhich he would receive seventy percent and Mary thirtypercent after the deduction of running expenses. It amused him to think how annoyed Call would be when he came up at noon and found them both drunk.

Solomon, ya know the geezer what met theQueen ago' Sheba? 'E wasn't called King Solomons, was 'ain't never 'card ago' th Deets was a black man; he had been with Cal and Augustus nearly as long as Pea Eye. d yet, so I keeps blubbin' andpluckin* on 'is coat which he thinks is me beggin' for theother 'arf sov what he owes me. In fact, she had been rather fortunate, for she was notsent to the Female Factory but to the Cotton Factory, thissecond institution being somewhat better in its treatmentof prisoners.