Story 1 - Chapter 1. Mr Sudberry In His Counting-House
_ STORY ONE - CHAPTER 1. MR SUDBERRY IN HIS COUNTING-HOUSE
Mr John Sudberry was a successful London merchant. He was also a fat little man. Moreover, he was a sturdy little man, wore spectacles, and had a smooth bald head, over which, at the time we introduce him to the reader, fifty summers had passed, with their corresponding autumns, winters, and springs. The passage of so many seasons over him appeared to have exercised a polishing influence on the merchant, for Mr Sudberry‘s cranium shone like a billiard-ball. In temperament Mr Sudberry was sanguine, and full of energy. He could scarcely have been a successful merchant without these qualities. He was also extremely violent.
Now, it is necessary here to guard the reader from falling into a mistake in reference to Mr Sudberry‘s character. We have said that he was violent, but it must not be supposed that he was _passionate_. By no means. He was the most amiab

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