The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 181George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1974 |
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... talk . She didn't know who I was , or what I wanted , or why she had been singled out of the stream for such attention , but I had made her at home and offered her coffee and I didn't have a form to fill out , so she started to talk ...
... talk . She didn't know who I was , or what I wanted , or why she had been singled out of the stream for such attention , but I had made her at home and offered her coffee and I didn't have a form to fill out , so she started to talk ...
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... talk ? " Ruth thought of the conversations which had stopped short as soon as her grandparents had noticed her in the room , tail - ends overheard : they instilled , not knowledge , but a sense of wariness guarding the subject of Dorset ...
... talk ? " Ruth thought of the conversations which had stopped short as soon as her grandparents had noticed her in the room , tail - ends overheard : they instilled , not knowledge , but a sense of wariness guarding the subject of Dorset ...
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... talking about meanness . One more thing I must say . Looking back on the day it's been - what a relief to find someone to ... talk to an honest - to - God human being . A real woman . I needed that . " “ A real woman ? ” " Absolutely ...
... talking about meanness . One more thing I must say . Looking back on the day it's been - what a relief to find someone to ... talk to an honest - to - God human being . A real woman . I needed that . " “ A real woman ? ” " Absolutely ...
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