"Ah," said their new acquaintance, who was mercifully not a man of humor, or too polite to seem so, "that's another trick of those scamps of fiacre-drivers.
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"Those lazy scamps don't deserve any comfort; they never worked to get it!
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The four little scamps shook hands and separated.
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