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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop du jour

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brought to you by small businesses because where else are

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you going to buy locally made honey All right check

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out following passage after any animal sampling Return partners puzzle

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right all right a proprietor or is someone who what

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and here the potential answers All right Well in this

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passage mr staff has stepped into a store and a

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man The proprietor has asked him what can i do

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for you today So what can we infer about this

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second man While his behavior seems awfully subservient for a

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police officer a police officer in the store is probably

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in the middle of a investigating a crime or be

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purchasing a snack that may or may not be a

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doughnut Either way his greeting would probably be a little

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less servile Proprietor doesn't work in law enforcement so we

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can eliminate off today and it's unlikely This man is

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ex government official either It would be a very hands

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on approach to politics The work in local retail serving

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individual customers though see khun goto And while a servant

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or an assistant might ask how they can help the

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passage refers to the man as a gentleman twice so

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he's probably someone of somewhat higher stature So b is

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also incorrect The most logical inference is that the man

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is the owner of the shop So he is the

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correct answer Now hopefully he can manage to keep that

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store in business Might we Suggest that he expanded honey

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offering So he sells natural sweeteners from other regions as 00:01:35.719 --> [endTime] well

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