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Page 126
... guests read steadily through the current batch of magazines , and fell back gradually on the " Badminton Library " and bound volumes of Punch . Lady Blemley made periodic visits to the pantry , returning each time with an ex- pression ...
... guests read steadily through the current batch of magazines , and fell back gradually on the " Badminton Library " and bound volumes of Punch . Lady Blemley made periodic visits to the pantry , returning each time with an ex- pression ...
Page 161
... guests which hours of laboured boasting might be powerless to achieve . For this purpose , how- ever , 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 boasting might be powerless to achieve . For this purpose , how- ever , 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 almost expected to find a slip of paper concealed in their napkins , bearing the name of the second cousin's selection . They had not long to wait . As the butler went round with the murmured question , " Sherry ? " he added in ...
... guests almost expected to find a slip of paper concealed in their napkins , bearing the name of the second cousin's selection . They had not long to wait . As the butler went round with the murmured question , " Sherry ? " he added in ...
Contents
Introduction by Christopher Morley | 10 |
Reginald | 10 |
The Saint and the Goblin | 75 |
Copyright | |
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