Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London


"And by the way," Dick's voice went on, "you've been over the reports
on the Big Miramar?... Very good. Discount them. I disagree with them
flatly. The water is there. I haven't a doubt we'll find a fairly
shallow artesian supply. Send up the boring outfit at once and start
prospecting. The soil's ungodly rich, and if we don't make that dry
hole ten times as valuable in the next five years ..."


Paula sighed, and turned back down the spiral to the library.

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