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Page 20
... taken and so sat me down to examine them . I suppose the young woman had taken a course at a secretarial college and she had gone through my novel in the same methodical way as her masters had gone through her essays . The remarks that ...
... taken and so sat me down to examine them . I suppose the young woman had taken a course at a secretarial college and she had gone through my novel in the same methodical way as her masters had gone through her essays . The remarks that ...
Page 60
... taken a house for the summer near by because he was in trade . It was she who arranged that I should go to a family in Heidelberg whom she had heard of through her relations in Munich . But when I came back from Germany , aged eighteen ...
... taken a house for the summer near by because he was in trade . It was she who arranged that I should go to a family in Heidelberg whom she had heard of through her relations in Munich . But when I came back from Germany , aged eighteen ...
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... taken aback and a trifle mortified , but I bore my disgrace with fortitude , for I knew it was not the end of the story . I had desired a certain end and had taken what I thought were the only possible means to attain it ; I could only ...
... taken aback and a trifle mortified , but I bore my disgrace with fortitude , for I knew it was not the end of the story . I had desired a certain end and had taken what I thought were the only possible means to attain it ; I could only ...
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