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Every morning I was greeted by the faintly unhappy figure of Antis , emerging from his kitchen splay - footed like an ageing balletdancer , and complaining of verrucas . Breakfast always found him unwell . The most perfunctory “ How are ...
Every morning I was greeted by the faintly unhappy figure of Antis , emerging from his kitchen splay - footed like an ageing balletdancer , and complaining of verrucas . Breakfast always found him unwell . The most perfunctory “ How are ...
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Between Ruth's eyes , before she fell asleep , came creeping a frown which settled there like a spider which had crawled out of her brain . The minute she woke in the morning Ruth jumped out of bed and went to the window .
Between Ruth's eyes , before she fell asleep , came creeping a frown which settled there like a spider which had crawled out of her brain . The minute she woke in the morning Ruth jumped out of bed and went to the window .
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This is what she wrote : “ Dear Granny , we went shopping this morning and Aunt Nicola told me where to post my letter but I am not sure it was a proper place where she posted it so you may not get my letter .
This is what she wrote : “ Dear Granny , we went shopping this morning and Aunt Nicola told me where to post my letter but I am not sure it was a proper place where she posted it so you may not get my letter .
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POEMS translated by Graeme Wilson | 28 |
PRISONER by Elizabeth Jennings | 53 |
JOHN MURRAY 50 ALBEMARLE STREET LONDON WIX | 75 |
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| Title | The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 181 |
| Editors | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder and Company, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2007 |
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