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... walking - walking for miles and miles till he had got so far from Lington that no one there would ever find him . To get very far away was the thought which now took entire possession of his mind ; so , whilst Emmy often interrupted her ...
... walking - walking for miles and miles till he had got so far from Lington that no one there would ever find him . To get very far away was the thought which now took entire possession of his mind ; so , whilst Emmy often interrupted her ...
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... walk on — a great distance . " That's the way out , boy ! " said a porter , noticing his hesitation . " I want to go towards London , " said Robert . " There's the road then - right afore you , " replied the man . The boy was soon in ...
... walk on — a great distance . " That's the way out , boy ! " said a porter , noticing his hesitation . " I want to go towards London , " said Robert . " There's the road then - right afore you , " replied the man . The boy was soon in ...
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... walk such a very great distance , but that they should be likely to hear of him somehow from somebody . Late as it was growing , poor Watson went off to tell his trouble to Mrs. Breeley , and get advice about what was best to be done ...
... walk such a very great distance , but that they should be likely to hear of him somehow from somebody . Late as it was growing , poor Watson went off to tell his trouble to Mrs. Breeley , and get advice about what was best to be done ...
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... walk far . This was another grain of comfort to the poor father , and helped to enable him to bear up . He hoped , though ever so little , and hope gave him courage enough to struggle against absolute de- spair . He prayed too ...
... walk far . This was another grain of comfort to the poor father , and helped to enable him to bear up . He hoped , though ever so little , and hope gave him courage enough to struggle against absolute de- spair . He prayed too ...
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... walk straight to the shop and clear off part of his small remaining debt every time pay - day had come round . Thus we see Robert once more as penniless as when he first found work after leaving home , and quite as desolate ; for though ...
... walk straight to the shop and clear off part of his small remaining debt every time pay - day had come round . Thus we see Robert once more as penniless as when he first found work after leaving home , and quite as desolate ; for though ...
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