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... walked on as before , growing more familiar with me as we pro- ceeded and talking cheerfully by the way , but she said no more about her home , beyond remarking that we were going quite a new road and asking if it were a short one ...
... walked on as before , growing more familiar with me as we pro- ceeded and talking cheerfully by the way , but she said no more about her home , beyond remarking that we were going quite a new road and asking if it were a short one ...
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... walked on at a slow pace . At the street - corner he stopped , and regarding me with a troubled countenance said that our ways were widely different and that he must take his leave . I would have spoken , but summoning up more alacrity ...
... walked on at a slow pace . At the street - corner he stopped , and regarding me with a troubled countenance said that our ways were widely different and that he must take his leave . I would have spoken , but summoning up more alacrity ...
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... walked past the house , and took several turns in the street , with that kind of hesitation which is natural to a man who is conscious that the visit he is about to pay is unexpected , and may not be very acceptable . However , as the ...
... walked past the house , and took several turns in the street , with that kind of hesitation which is natural to a man who is conscious that the visit he is about to pay is unexpected , and may not be very acceptable . However , as the ...
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... walked up to the front of a looking - glass , and was standing there putting on his neckerchief , when Mrs. Jiniwin , happening to be behind him , could not resist the inclination she felt to shake her fist at her tyrant son - in - law ...
... walked up to the front of a looking - glass , and was standing there putting on his neckerchief , when Mrs. Jiniwin , happening to be behind him , could not resist the inclination she felt to shake her fist at her tyrant son - in - law ...
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... again , and I'll cut The boy made no answer , but directly Quilp had shut himself in , stood on his head before the door , then walked on his hands to the back and stood on his head there , and 38 THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP .
... again , and I'll cut The boy made no answer , but directly Quilp had shut himself in , stood on his head before the door , then walked on his hands to the back and stood on his head there , and 38 THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP .
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