A Study in Scarlet · Reading edition

Note 1
Chapter III · JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET.

Heber C. Kemball, in one of his sermons, alludes to his hundred wives under this endearing epithet.

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…cided in the Sacred Council of Four. The girl is young, and we would not have her wed grey hairs, neither would we deprive her of all choice. We Elders have many heifers,[1] but our children must also be provided. Stangerson has a son, and Drebber has a son, and either of them would gladly welcome your daughter to their house. Let her choose between them. They are young and rich, and of the true faith. What say you to that?”

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