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Pycroft was offered double wages to ask no questions. Price any offer that seems too kind.
Mawson's paid £200 a year; 'Pinner' pressed £500 with a £100 advance. Enter an offer and see how loudly it should whistle.
Drawn from The Stockbroker's Clerk (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1893) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Man Who Was Hired Twice, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.