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Page 118
... mother remains at thirty - seven . One must have some regard for appearances . ' " " " Perhaps your mother would age a little in the process of rettling down . " " That's the last thing she'd think of . Feminine reforma- tions always ...
... mother remains at thirty - seven . One must have some regard for appearances . ' " " " Perhaps your mother would age a little in the process of rettling down . " " That's the last thing she'd think of . Feminine reforma- tions always ...
Page 559
... mother . Mrs. Heasant was one of those empty - minded individuals to whom other people's affairs are perpetually interesting . The more private they are intended to be the more acute is the interest they arouse . She would have opened ...
... mother . Mrs. Heasant was one of those empty - minded individuals to whom other people's affairs are perpetually interesting . The more private they are intended to be the more acute is the interest they arouse . She would have opened ...
Page 673
... mother's mother was a very clever woman , and she , through her mother , be- longed to the Macnab clan . So Hector was Celtic on both sides of his family . To me , his strongest characteristics were - whimsicality , keen sense of humour ...
... mother's mother was a very clever woman , and she , through her mother , be- longed to the Macnab clan . So Hector was Celtic on both sides of his family . To me , his strongest characteristics were - whimsicality , keen sense of humour ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
The Saint and the Goblin | 75 |
The Strategist | 88 |
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