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PONTOON IS SIMPLY THE TYPE OF GAME WHERE IF YOU CALCULATE DIFFERENT PROBABILITIES, YOU CAN WIN OVER 80 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

ARE YAA FORTUNETELLER OR SOMETHIN’?!

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EDUCATION’ “ THEY

RECEIVE’S ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM (OURS! :

MY SON HAS STARTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT HE’S HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING MATHEMATICS.

IT'S BEEN A \ MONTH, BUT THIS POTTED PLANT STILL HASN’T SPROUTED...

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SEE, ALL THREE OF THESE BOYS HAVE TWO APPLES EACH, 90...

OH, LORD ALBERT!

GOOD

MORNING.

PLEASE, YOUNG COULD MASTER! I KINDLY ASK YOU TO LEND ME SOME OF YOUR KNOWL-~ EDGE?

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU MOVE YOUR BEGONIA TO A PLACE WITH SLIGHTLY MORE SHADE AND TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT YOU WATER IT.

CARE TO JOIN ME? WE CAN GO BACK HOME TOGETHER YES. I CAME TO VISIT THE LIBRARY FOR MY EASTER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK.

ARE COUNT MORIARTY'S \| SONS, OF COURSE.

THAT'S THE ELDEST SON, LORD ALBERT.

THE OTHER ONE |S THE SECOND SON. YOUNG MASTER WILLIAM, WAS IT?

HEAR NOT ALL NEIGH:THE NOBLES BORING ARE THE VILLAGE'S =.AME. NOBLES ARE JUST PLAIN BULLIES...

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RUMOR : HAS IT THE =THEYRE MORIARTY REALLY FAMILY 16 QUITE AN

FUNDING A AMAZING RENOVATION FAMILY. OF THAT HOSPITAL OVER THERE.

I DON’T REMEMBER THE YOUNGER ONE LOOKING LIKE THAT...

oH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HORTICULTURAL ADVICE AND SOME MATHEMATICS.

STILL AS LOVED BY THE PEOPLE AS EVER, I SEE.

DID THEY ASK FOR YOUR HELP

AND I ALSO GOT MIXED UP IN SOME GAMBLING.

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ONE OF THIS WORLD'S GREATEST TREASURES SOMEDAY.

BY THE WAY, BROTHER

PLEASE DO USE IT FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS.

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.-- THE BAKER I ADVISED THE OTHER DAY ON HOW TO DEAL WITH A MOUSE PROBLEM GAVE ME THIS BREAD, BUT...

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YOU'VE BECOME QUITE THE ADVISER TO THE TOWNS~ FOLK.

I WON'T TELL ANYONE, 50 GO AHEAD AND ENJOY IT WITH LOUIS.

50 I GUESS WE'RE ACCOMPLICES NOW.

WELL, YOU DEFINITELY EARNED THAT THEN.

WE WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS.

WELCOME BROTHER.

LITTLE BIT?

WELCOME BACK...

--- YOUNG MASTER ALBERT. ACTING ON YOUR OWN ACCORD AGAIN?

KNOW yOUR

WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD RIDE IN THE FAMILY’S COACH?!

I WAS THE

ONE WHO ASKED HIM TO COME

YOUR

MOTHER WILL

SCOLD

ME AGAIN.

MY LORD,

YOU SHOULD LEARN TO

KEEP YOUR

DISTANCE FROM THOSE

EVEN IF THOSE ARE LORD ALBERT’S HAND-MEDOWNS, THOSE CLOTHES ARE

NO ONE WOULD GUESS THAT YOU TWO WERE LIVING ON THE STREETS AND BEGGING FOR SCRAPS UNTIL JUST RECENTLY.

I REALL HAVE Y FALLEN TO ps ANEW

DID YOU POST MY

LETTERS AS I INSTRUCTED YOU TO?

YOU ARE.

GETTING DRAPED IN SUCH EXPENSIVE CLOTHING AND BEING ABLE TO WALK AROUND TOWN WITHOUT HELPING OUT AROUND THE HOUSE.

” TO THINK THAT I NOW

HAVE TWO TO SERVE BRATS OF SUCH LOWER STANDING THAN MYSELF...

NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO ADOPT A BRAT LIKE

DON’T GET THE

HELPING

WRONG

ORPHANS |S THE ROLE OF ANY

50 DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME, A MEMBER OF THE HIGH SOCIETY, YOUR MOTHER!!

YOU FINISHED YOUR CLASSES EARLY TODAY.

Vy]WHERE IS FATHER TODAY?

AT THE CITY

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I HEARD SHOUTING AND CAME DOWN THINKING YOU WERE HAVING ANOTHER FIGHT WITH FATHER.

IF ONLY YOU WOULD JUST

DIVORCE HIM ALREADY WITOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS MIGHT SAY.

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LAUGHING- — CAN'T. STOCK—HAVING YOUR HUSBAND TAKEN AWAY BY A WOMAN OF LOWER STANDING.

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--DURING THE GROWTH ANP CHAOS CAUSED BY THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, ENGLAND STEADILY EXPANDED ITS COLONIAL EMPIRE ACROSS A QUARTER OF THE WORLD.

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STANPING ~—-SYSTEM... ON TOP WERE THE NOBILITY.

THE LARGEST EMPIRE IN HISTORY RULED OVER THE WORLD AND WAS CONTROLLED 38 BY ACLASS OF PEOPLE THAT REPRESENTED LESS THAN 3 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION.

GREAT BRITISH EMPIRE, ABSOLUTE CLASS

BACH CLASS HAD RESTRICTIONS ON EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT, AND ON WHOM ONE COULD MARRY WITH |p Sie PEOPLE CHOOSING PARTNERS FROM WITHIN THEIR CLASS SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING SOCIAL

BOUNDARIES ¥

WITH ONES SOCIAL "STANDING FOR ONE'S WHOLE LIFE

SEPARATED PEOPLE pista ee

DETERMINED AT: BIRTH BY

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BY PLACING DIFFERENT VALUES ON PEOPLE'S LIVES, THIS SYSTEM INEVITABLY CAUSED PEOPLE TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OTHERS ON THE BASIS OF CLASS...

YOU CAN GO NOW, SIMON.

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OF OUR

HIM SO POORLY?

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MAKE

SOON.

WELL, THAT WAS THE REASON WE ADOPTED YOU, WASN'T IT2

ALSO WHY YOU DEVOTED YOURSELF TO MY BROTHER

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My BROTHER

50 IF bres es YOUR CARD RIGHT, YOU COULD GET ANYTHING YOU'D EVER WANT FROM THIS FAMILY.

YEAR SINCE

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FOND OF THE CONCEPT OF NOBLESSE OBLIGE. LF

“NOBLES HAVE A DUTY TO USE THEIR FORTUNE, POWER AND KNOWLEDGE FOR THE SAKE OF THE .” PEOPLE

WHAT A

LOAD OF GARBAGE.

NO NEED TO PLAY DUMB WITH ME.

BE FOOLED, AND I WON'T ALLOW THE LIKES OF YOU TO BE GIVEN NOBLE STATUS.

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?

CRUSH YOU LIKE THE ANT YOU ARE.

NOW LET ME, \ WILLIAM JAMES / MORIARTY...

I HATE THIS COUNTRY THAT CARVES

THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD Do.

ARE YOU SURE IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO BE IN THE SERVANTS’ QUARTERS?

THINK YOU

SHOULD GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM...

1 5O PLEASE DON'T WORRY Ir

IT'LL BE BAD

IF SIMON FINDS YOU HERE AGAIN.

WITH ALL

THE DUST

HERE, I DON’T

THINK THIS IS A SUITABLE PLACE FOR A PERSON LIKE YOU.

IT'LL ONLY TAKE TWO MONTHS FOR THESE WOUNDS TO HEAL.

YOU WERE BUSY WITH YO LESSONG.UR ..

WHY DID ALBERT BRING US INTO HIS

DID HE FEEL BAD FOR ME ME BECAUSE OF MY SICK-

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TOWORK EVEN HARDER

YOU

—HELD OFF ON GOING

TO PUBLIC OL SCHO = POUR §=SN THIS FALL.

WHO NOTAil WHILE KNOWS WHAT WILL HARBORING HAPPEN IF TWO UNDERweer ON OUR GUARD DOWN?

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POSSIBLY FOCUS ON MY STUDIES, FATHER.

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HASN'T

SPILLED TEA ON

THIS GONE ON LONG

POOR

ENOUGH?

WILLIAM, YOU USE YOUR

HEAD... YOU'RE NOT THE ONE WHO'LL BE CRITICIZED IF WE GET RID OF ORPHANS WE'VE TAKEN IN!

KNOW!

IT LOOKS LIKE THE YOUNGER ONE HAS RECOVERED FROM HIS ILLNESS, 50 NOBODY WOULD COMPLAIN IF WE KICKED THEM OUT.

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CAN’T WE MAKE THEM LEAVE ALREADY?

«AND THANKED ME BECAUSE YOU'D HELPED HIM WITH SOME~THING.

WHEN I WAS PASSING THROUGH TOWN, A MAN CAME UP TO ME...

THAT REMINDS ME, WILLIAM...

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?

I'VE NEVER LEFT THE COACH BEFORE AND WOULD DEFINITELY NEVER TALK TO COMMONERS.

I AGREE THAT THEIR ENGLISH IS COARSE AND UGLY, BUT...

MUST HAVE HAD THE WRONG PERSON.

IF ONLY THEY’D CAUSE SOME TROUBLE WITH THE POLICE SO WE COULD HAVE AN EXCUSE TO THROW THEM OUT.

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MAYBE TLL INVITE JOSEPH OR MARLIN TO

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MY BIRTHDAY FALLS ON THE SAME DAY AS EASTER THIS pi dale Be LIKE TO PLANJ

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CELEBRATE

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MY PARTY!

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OCCASION...

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MOTHER.

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APPLE,

PLEASE.

50 YOU'RE THE INFAMOUS

eae TIME FIRST Rue eee Soe SOMETHING TO A NOBLE.

PROFESSOR NOEL E PEOPLE'V BEEN TALKING

GETTING BURTON TO CHAUFFEUR YOU |S QUITE THE FEAT. WELL DONE!

ALTHOUGH IT’S ONLY ME AND MY TWO

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GUESSED THAT BASED ON HIS \ APPEARANCE.

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WELL,

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BROTHERS

LIVING HERE,

MOVED

HERE AND

SO WE COULD

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SERVANTS YET.

BUT...

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ABLE TO

TO US, WE'RE

FRIENDS

DIFFERENT

BECOME

WITH THE

PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN.

STILL VERY

PEOPLE.

HM... IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE ALL THE CITIZENS IN THIS CITY ARE HAUNTED BY A SIMILAR EVIL.

WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME MORE?

YOU SEE, WHILE TEACHING 1S-MY MAIN PROFESSION, I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER CALLING IN LIFE.

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AM ALSO A PRIVATE CONSULTANT.

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.-- TO HELP RID THAT EVIL FROM THIS TOWN.

ONE FAMILY PREVIOUSLY OWNED. THE MANOR YOU MOVED INTO. THEIR ae ENDED A FEW

YEARS BACK.

THE f OTHERS. _ THE, FAMILY.0°< ~ OF BARON

PLEASE

THE AREA AROUND DURHAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN

GOVERNED BY TWO.NOBLE ~ -pf] FAMILIES.

‘ THE 5OUTH _ OF.

HERE

ALL THE TOWNSPEOPLE HERE HAVE KNOWN NOTHING BUT HARDSHIP UNDER THE REIGN OF THOSE TWO FAMILIES...

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We eeey ATTITUDE YOU'VE GOT THERE.

I BELIEVE SHAKESPEARE SAID THAT? HE WAS A PLAYWRIGHT.

WE

COULD BE TREATED LIKE

CRIMINALS.

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WE TRIED TO

AT FIRST THEIR

WE'D END UP GETTING ON THE NOBLES’

LENT US LAND FOR A CHEAP FEE, AND THEY

LEAVE, THEN

BAD SIDE, OR

WORSE...

ANCESTORS

EVEN SUPPLIED

US WITH FARMING EQUIPMENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOTHING MORE THAN THEIR PERSONAL

BUT THE

LAND PRICES

SLAVES...

GRADUALLY

INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT THEY'D PLUCK AWAY AT THEIR

v- LEAVING = TENANT

THEM WITH

JUST ENOUGH

TO NOT STARVE TO DEATH.

=FARMERS’

PROFITS...

"THATS THE \ONE PIECE OF ADVICE.I CAN GIVE YOU AS SOMEONE SS \WHO'S, SEEN ESHER SHARE OF PO SLIFELIN| THIS igounrey.”

YOU SEE... IT SEEMS THESE GOOD FOLKS’ LAND FALLS WITHIN OUR

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“IM NOT

KEEPING YOUR \ | | LISTANCE

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‘ CUMAVES

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

THEY CAME OVER HERE TO PAY THIS MONTH'S

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THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.

...5O WE CAN ADJUST THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS

BASED ON WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD.

COME TO MEASURE EACH OF YOUR LANDS

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NEXT

SUNDAY...

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WILL BE FOREGOING THE CURRENT

CONTRACT.

IT’S NOT LIKE YOU TO GET SULTING CASE?

. I CAN GUESS WHAT KIND OF HELL THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH WITH THE PREVI4 OUS LEADERSHIP , JUST BY LOOKING i AT THEM.

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WE HAVE DINNER TOGETHER TONIGHT?

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