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... doing so . Well , the 2.30 train was not more than five minutes late , and almost before I had time to turn round on the platform , two lads came up to me , and the shorter of the two spoke to me at once , saying , “ I am sure you must.
... doing so . Well , the 2.30 train was not more than five minutes late , and almost before I had time to turn round on the platform , two lads came up to me , and the shorter of the two spoke to me at once , saying , “ I am sure you must.
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... lads , I was not surprised to hear how highly and warmly they spoke of him . " There wasn't anything he couldn't do . He had been the best bowler in his eleven ' when he was a young man , and he would sometimes take up a bat now when ...
... lads , I was not surprised to hear how highly and warmly they spoke of him . " There wasn't anything he couldn't do . He had been the best bowler in his eleven ' when he was a young man , and he would sometimes take up a bat now when ...
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... lads in talking about their master ; and it was not till I had asked two or three questions about other matters , that they began to talk freely of the things which are usually most interesting to schoolboys . I then heard that " the ...
... lads in talking about their master ; and it was not till I had asked two or three questions about other matters , that they began to talk freely of the things which are usually most interesting to schoolboys . I then heard that " the ...
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... lads , however , were not quite so confident as myself that there was some natural explanation for the sounds , if only it could be found out . It was to them clearly " the ghost . " From " the ghost " they got to cricket , and I had a ...
... lads , however , were not quite so confident as myself that there was some natural explanation for the sounds , if only it could be found out . It was to them clearly " the ghost . " From " the ghost " they got to cricket , and I had a ...
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... lads left me for the night , I made notes of it , with the intention of writing it out at length , and as nearly in the words of my godson and his friend as I could , as soon as time and opportunity would permit me . During the next day ...
... lads left me for the night , I made notes of it , with the intention of writing it out at length , and as nearly in the words of my godson and his friend as I could , as soon as time and opportunity would permit me . During the next day ...
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