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... passed between those times and now have become dim or have gone out of my mind . And my day before yesterday was the day on which I , at twenty - two , stood looking at myself in the tall glass , the day on which I left my home in Kent ...
... passed between those times and now have become dim or have gone out of my mind . And my day before yesterday was the day on which I , at twenty - two , stood looking at myself in the tall glass , the day on which I left my home in Kent ...
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... passed the corner of the orchard . " I know what you've got to tell me , " I said . " You're going to marry Veronica . Well , you've no need of my blessing . Some people have all the luck . Here am I . . . look at me ! " Ralph walked ...
... passed the corner of the orchard . " I know what you've got to tell me , " I said . " You're going to marry Veronica . Well , you've no need of my blessing . Some people have all the luck . Here am I . . . look at me ! " Ralph walked ...
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... passed the houses of a little village a heavy mist fell upon us , white , damp , and clogging . Ralph reined his horse beside mine . " I'm sorry , " he began again , " I'm miserably sorry I got you into this scrape . I swear I wouldn't ...
... passed the houses of a little village a heavy mist fell upon us , white , damp , and clogging . Ralph reined his horse beside mine . " I'm sorry , " he began again , " I'm miserably sorry I got you into this scrape . I swear I wouldn't ...
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... passed to Rangsley , who half- uncovered one , and lit the way up steep wooden stairs . We climbed up to a tiny cock - loft , of which the side towards the sea was all glazed . " Now you sit there , on the floor , " Rangsley commanded ...
... passed to Rangsley , who half- uncovered one , and lit the way up steep wooden stairs . We climbed up to a tiny cock - loft , of which the side towards the sea was all glazed . " Now you sit there , on the floor , " Rangsley commanded ...
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... passing shipping , were indispensable . I was preparing to follow the others down the ladder when Rangsley touched my arm . " I don't like your company , " he said close behind my ear . " I know who they are . There were bills out for ...
... passing shipping , were indispensable . I was preparing to follow the others down the ladder when Rangsley touched my arm . " I don't like your company , " he said close behind my ear . " I know who they are . There were bills out for ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...