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EX-KING OF AFGHANISTAN

the samovar shops and ripple delightedly into every
corner of the bazaar. He was a hero with a brain.

But as his pressure on the exchequer grew more
severe: as he forced his Ministers to proceed with yet
more ambitious plans : as costs grew and swelled, and
the deficit in the nation's treasury became more and
more serious, the far-sighted among his advisers quaked
at the omens of the future.

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