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I must confess that at the first glance I was a trifle vexed ; but then I thought that it would be silly of me not to profit , if I could , by the trouble she had taken and so sat me down to examine them . I suppose the young woman had ...
I must confess that at the first glance I was a trifle vexed ; but then I thought that it would be silly of me not to profit , if I could , by the trouble she had taken and so sat me down to examine them . I suppose the young woman had ...
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I have related elsewhere how , though but a poor clergyman's wife , she would not call on the wife of an opulent banker who had taken a house for the summer near by because he was in trade .
I have related elsewhere how , though but a poor clergyman's wife , she would not call on the wife of an opulent banker who had taken a house for the summer near by because he was in trade .
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I was 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 ...
I was 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 ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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