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... sitting - room had engaged one for him and to this , when they reached the hotel , they went . The hotel was old- fashioned and the sitting - room was vast . It was fur- nished with a heavy mahogany suite upholstered in green velvet and ...
... sitting - room had engaged one for him and to this , when they reached the hotel , they went . The hotel was old- fashioned and the sitting - room was vast . It was fur- nished with a heavy mahogany suite upholstered in green velvet and ...
Page 167
... sitting in the doorway of the hotel , drinking a cup of coffee and already half asleep after a substantial mittagessen , when the Caypors came out of the dining- room . Mrs. Caypor went upstairs and Caypor re- leased his dog . The dog ...
... sitting in the doorway of the hotel , drinking a cup of coffee and already half asleep after a substantial mittagessen , when the Caypors came out of the dining- room . Mrs. Caypor went upstairs and Caypor re- leased his dog . The dog ...
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... sitting in his shirt - sleeves over a whisky high - ball . He was a tall , thin man , with exactly the figure to show off modern clothes , and he sat in his chair , rather upright , as though he were sitting for an official portrait ...
... sitting in his shirt - sleeves over a whisky high - ball . He was a tall , thin man , with exactly the figure to show off modern clothes , and he sat in his chair , rather upright , as though he were sitting for an official portrait ...
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