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Page 14
... took the potatoes out of the dish one by one and threw one at each picture on the walls . Then without a word he sat down again and went on with his dinner . I asked my friend what effect this behaviour had on the rest of the company ...
... took the potatoes out of the dish one by one and threw one at each picture on the walls . Then without a word he sat down again and went on with his dinner . I asked my friend what effect this behaviour had on the rest of the company ...
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... took me more literally than I intended . When she brought back the typescript on Monday morning it was accompanied by four foolscap sheets of corrections . I must confess that at the first glance I was a trifle vexed ; but then I ...
... took me more literally than I intended . When she brought back the typescript on Monday morning it was accompanied by four foolscap sheets of corrections . I must confess that at the first glance I was a trifle vexed ; but then I ...
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... took all this to - do as natural . One evening when I was dining alone at my club a fellow member , but a stranger to me , was entertaining a guest at the next table to mine ; they were going to one of my plays and began to talk of me ...
... took all this to - do as natural . One evening when I was dining alone at my club a fellow member , but a stranger to me , was entertaining a guest at the next table to mine ; they were going to one of my plays and began to talk of me ...
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