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Page 37
... Persian , you know , and just a little bit decadent - and I thought a quatrain on an unwholesome egg would meet the requirements of the case . So I started in with : " Cackle , cackle , little hen , How I wonder if and when Once you ...
... Persian , you know , and just a little bit decadent - and I thought a quatrain on an unwholesome egg would meet the requirements of the case . So I started in with : " Cackle , cackle , little hen , How I wonder if and when Once you ...
Page 48
... Persian rug , basking in the firelight with superb indifference to the possible ill- humour of Lady Anne . His pedigree was as flawlessly Persian as the rug , and his ruff was coming into the glory of its sec- ond winter . The page ...
... Persian rug , basking in the firelight with superb indifference to the possible ill- humour of Lady Anne . His pedigree was as flawlessly Persian as the rug , and his ruff was coming into the glory of its sec- ond winter . The page ...
Page 312
... Persia . I should never have taken you for a Persian , " he remarked , with a somewhat aggrieved air . " I am not , " said Crosby ; " my father was an Afghan . " " An Afghan ! " said the other , smitten into bewildered si- lence for a ...
... Persia . I should never have taken you for a Persian , " he remarked , with a somewhat aggrieved air . " I am not , " said Crosby ; " my father was an Afghan . " " An Afghan ! " said the other , smitten into bewildered si- lence for a ...
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Introduction by Christopher Morley | 10 |
Reginald | 10 |
The Saint and the Goblin | 75 |
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