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Page 175
... shillings left - and when he was tired of walking about , or if it came on to rain , where was he to get shelter ? He began to see that he might soon find himself in a very bad plight . Even if he were willing to go home , where was he ...
... shillings left - and when he was tired of walking about , or if it came on to rain , where was he to get shelter ? He began to see that he might soon find himself in a very bad plight . Even if he were willing to go home , where was he ...
Page 181
... shillings left ; and though in his small experience of such places somebody else had always paid the bill , he understood that , as a rule , they were expensive , and did not know how to get a dinner that would be sure to suit the state ...
... shillings left ; and though in his small experience of such places somebody else had always paid the bill , he understood that , as a rule , they were expensive , and did not know how to get a dinner that would be sure to suit the state ...
Page 184
... but Geoffrey liked them very much , and had heard it said that they were very nourishing . Then , he would still have a shilling left . " Adieu ! Remember me . " 185 The omelette 184 The Trials and Travels of a Young Gentleman .
... but Geoffrey liked them very much , and had heard it said that they were very nourishing . Then , he would still have a shilling left . " Adieu ! Remember me . " 185 The omelette 184 The Trials and Travels of a Young Gentleman .
Page 185
... shilling ; bread , one and a penny ; potatoes , one and four - ale , one and six ; omelette , two shillings - that will be right , sir . " Geoffrey had the two shillings ready in his hand , and they were transferred to that of the ...
... shilling ; bread , one and a penny ; potatoes , one and four - ale , one and six ; omelette , two shillings - that will be right , sir . " Geoffrey had the two shillings ready in his hand , and they were transferred to that of the ...
Page 186
... shilling it would have been the same , -thrust it into the waiter's hand , and was for making off , redder than ever , when he saw that he had exposed his buttons . The waiter was struck by astonishment at this disclosure , and no less ...
... shilling it would have been the same , -thrust it into the waiter's hand , and was for making off , redder than ever , when he saw that he had exposed his buttons . The waiter was struck by astonishment at this disclosure , and no less ...
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