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And yet all the gold is in England, it is dug up from Portuguese and Spanish mines, but it flows by some occult power of attraction to the Tower of London._ __lows,_ Caroline repeated. __lows, like a current._ Sophie nodded. __nd the English have grown so used to this that they use __urrency_ as a synonym for money, as if no distinction need be observed between them.
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And yet all the gold is in England, it is dug up from Portuguese and Spanish mines, but it flows by some occult power of attraction to the Tower of London._ __lows,_ Caroline repeated. __lows, like a current._ Sophie nodded. __nd the English have grown so used to this that they use __urrency_ as a synonym for money, as if no distinction need be observed between them.

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