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... repeated he , ' I am here , as usual , to wish you many happy returns of the day . ' ' Thank you , Soppy , ' replied his young master , and his voice sounded as if being filtered through a thick blanket ; ' but I was asleep . I wish you ...
... repeated he , ' I am here , as usual , to wish you many happy returns of the day . ' ' Thank you , Soppy , ' replied his young master , and his voice sounded as if being filtered through a thick blanket ; ' but I was asleep . I wish you ...
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... repeated Aubrey , evidently puzzled . ' In turning sharp corners at twelve miles an hour , ' resumed Mr. Soppy , for your much - respected father , sir , was par- ticularly fond of grazing the kerb , I used to spekerlate upon the ...
... repeated Aubrey , evidently puzzled . ' In turning sharp corners at twelve miles an hour , ' resumed Mr. Soppy , for your much - respected father , sir , was par- ticularly fond of grazing the kerb , I used to spekerlate upon the ...
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... repeated , and the vicar were closeted together yesterday morning after breakfast , and having a strong sus- picion , Master Aubrey , that you were the subject of conver- sation , I placed myself in what may be called a commanding ...
... repeated , and the vicar were closeted together yesterday morning after breakfast , and having a strong sus- picion , Master Aubrey , that you were the subject of conver- sation , I placed myself in what may be called a commanding ...
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... repeated he . ' I have no one to meet but Ivy , and she ought not to keep me waiting . ' Raising a straight switch he held in his hand , he struck at the head of one of the daffodils , and severed it from the stalk . ' Oh , Master ...
... repeated he . ' I have no one to meet but Ivy , and she ought not to keep me waiting . ' Raising a straight switch he held in his hand , he struck at the head of one of the daffodils , and severed it from the stalk . ' Oh , Master ...
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... repeated Ivy , with a slight laugh ; then perhaps , sir , you'll be cruel to me . ' 6 as if the remark stung Don't think I shall be ' No , ' quickly rejoined Aubrey , him , ' I shall not be cruel to you . that . But Soppy says that when ...
... repeated Ivy , with a slight laugh ; then perhaps , sir , you'll be cruel to me . ' 6 as if the remark stung Don't think I shall be ' No , ' quickly rejoined Aubrey , him , ' I shall not be cruel to you . that . But Soppy says that when ...
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added the Colonel appeared arms asked Aubrey Leferne Aunt Margaret began Billy Bottles Brentford Bromley Marsh brow chair CHAPTER cheeks Colonel Leferne colours colt continued the Colonel daffodils dairyman Dame Soppy dear boy Derby ejaculated exclaimed eyes feel felt fingers fixed gamekeeper gaze gentleman Greatwood Park hand Harry Girling head heard heart horse inquired Ivy Girling Jacket and Gaiters Jeremiah Early Johnny Tadpole knew lawyer Leferne's lips listen little Mite look Mark Rookson Master Aubrey never Newmarket nose observed the Colonel old grey mare perhaps possessed Queen Mary race rejoined the Colonel remarked repeated replied the Colonel responded the Colonel resumed the Colonel returned the Colonel Robert Roundhead Samuel Wideo scarcely seemed silence smile Soppy's speak spoke stood Taddy there's things Thomas Soppy thought tone and manner turned Unknown vicar voice wife William Bottles wish words
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