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Page 143
... asked Huddle , becoming consciously deferential . " His confidential secretary , " answered Clovis . " You may call me Stanislaus ; my other name doesn't matter . The Bishop and Colonel Alberti may be here to lunch . I shall be here in ...
... asked Huddle , becoming consciously deferential . " His confidential secretary , " answered Clovis . " You may call me Stanislaus ; my other name doesn't matter . The Bishop and Colonel Alberti may be here to lunch . I shall be here in ...
Page 236
... asked sharply . " I didn't know , " said Clovis , " I only guessed . When you wanted to turn the prosaic lorry of commerce into a feathered poem flitting through the verdure of a tropical forest , I knew you must be working up a sonnet ...
... asked sharply . " I didn't know , " said Clovis , " I only guessed . When you wanted to turn the prosaic lorry of commerce into a feathered poem flitting through the verdure of a tropical forest , I knew you must be working up a sonnet ...
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... asked Jane with some anxiety . " One can never be certain , " said Clovis ; " now and then he gets some idea about a guest which might take an unfortu- nate turn . That is precisely what is worrying me at the present moment ...
... asked Jane with some anxiety . " One can never be certain , " said Clovis ; " now and then he gets some idea about a guest which might take an unfortu- nate turn . That is precisely what is worrying me at the present moment ...
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