As a child, Muhammad had been sent to live in the desert with the tribe of his wet nurse in order to be educated in the badawah ethos.

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Salcedo, born to wealth though not to the nobility, survives a loveless father, a mad wife and a liaison with his former wet nurse to develop into an astute and innovative businessman.

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Morgan may not have wanted to wet-nurse Flatiron's portfolio charges or take quick writedowns.

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The wet-nurse was allowed no visitors, not even her own children, to divert her from her duty.

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Muttlebury, who had been selected as her wet-nurse.

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