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 for a hundred pounds—he was so handsome I wouldn't take less.

"Did you ever hear there is a small and very select club in Paris, where they practise every kind of cruelty, and even sometimes kill their victims, That's where, I believe, the refractory victims are finished off, but I don't knew much for certain."

There are many more like young Wilson and George Brown, who have particular specialities for turning the pederastic vice to account, but I will now go on with my own experiences:—

Not long ago I had a rather mysterious note, asking me to call upon a gentleman at his chambers in Brook Street, Grosvenor Square. I soon found out that he was a young nobleman of great wealth, so made up my mind to wait upon him.