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Page 148
... afternoon tea in the Botanical Gardens , so she was widely credited with a rather unpleasant wit . The censorious said she slept in a ham- mock and understood Yeats's poems , but her family denied both stories . " The rift is widening ...
... afternoon tea in the Botanical Gardens , so she was widely credited with a rather unpleasant wit . The censorious said she slept in a ham- mock and understood Yeats's poems , but her family denied both stories . " The rift is widening ...
Page 229
... afternoon on some specious excuse . " Let's jolly well hope he does , " said Bertie van Tahn ; " under the circumstances a second cousin is almost as useful as second sight . " " That stable ought to know something , if knowledge is to ...
... afternoon on some specious excuse . " Let's jolly well hope he does , " said Bertie van Tahn ; " under the circumstances a second cousin is almost as useful as second sight . " " That stable ought to know something , if knowledge is to ...
Page 450
... afternoon . " " A niece , ma'am ? " asked the footman . " Yes , Miss Louise didn't come home with me , and I'm not sure where I left her . " " Miss Louise has been upstairs all the afternoon , ma'am , reading to the second kitchenmaid ...
... afternoon . " " A niece , ma'am ? " asked the footman . " Yes , Miss Louise didn't come home with me , and I'm not sure where I left her . " " Miss Louise has been upstairs all the afternoon , ma'am , reading to the second kitchenmaid ...
Contents
Introduction by Christopher Morley | 10 |
Reginald | 10 |
The Saint and the Goblin | 75 |
Copyright | |
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