ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs. It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive, and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. "Once there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more, he was encouraged to continue. "That," he said, "is the story." - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.
It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive, and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. "Once there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more, he was encouraged to continue. "That," he said, "is the story.""

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Affairs	Agreed	Candid	Companion
Continue	Encouraged	Farmergeneral	Lodged
Night	Nothing	Once	Related
Revenues	Robber	Saying	Stories
Story	Suggestive	Supper	Surroundings
Tell	Traveling	Turn	Voltaire
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