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Page 108
... guests round the tea - table on this particular afternoon . And , in spite of the blankness of the season and the triteness of the occasion , there was no trace in the company of that fatigued restlessness which means a dread of the ...
... guests round the tea - table on this particular afternoon . And , in spite of the blankness of the season and the triteness of the occasion , there was no trace in the company of that fatigued restlessness which means a dread of the ...
Page 145
... guests which hours of laboured boast- ing might be powerless to achieve . For this purpose , however , the guests must be chosen as carefully as the wine . " Standing aside from the revellers in the shadow of a massive pillar was an ...
... guests which hours of laboured boast- ing might be powerless to achieve . For this purpose , however , the guests must be chosen as carefully as the wine . " Standing aside from the revellers in the shadow of a massive pillar was an ...
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... guests and servants spoke in tragic whispers as though the dread presence of death or sickness had invaded the house . The precautions proved of no avail : Lola added a sleepless morning to a wakeful night , and the bets of the party ...
... guests and servants spoke in tragic whispers as though the dread presence of death or sickness had invaded the house . The precautions proved of no avail : Lola added a sleepless morning to a wakeful night , and the bets of the party ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 8 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 14 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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