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| 1 | 39 | Other captains, other View more quotes about merchants">merchants, seeing the waxing of my fortunes, and understanding the commercial complexities involved, had offered this scribe considerable emoluments to join their service. |
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| 1 | 36 | She had much increased my fortunes. |
| 1 | 37 | Freed, she took payment, but not as much as her services, I knew, warranted. |
| 1 | 38 | Few scribes, I expected, were so skilled in the supervision and management of complex affairs as this slight, unattractive, brilliant girl. |
| 1 | 39 | Other captains, other merchants, seeing the waxing of my fortunes, and understanding the commercial complexities involved, had offered this scribe considerable emoluments to join their service. |
| 1 | 40 | She, however, had refused to do so. |
| 1 | 41 | I expect she was pleased at the authority, and the trust and freedom, which I accorded her. |
| 1 | 42 | Too, perhaps, she had grown fond of the house of Bosk. |