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... asked innocently , looking into the lighted room we had left ( we were just then sitting in the verandah discussing our claret over a cigar ) , and thinking perhaps the judge meant the nut - crackers , the gas - lamps , or the rifles ...
... asked innocently , looking into the lighted room we had left ( we were just then sitting in the verandah discussing our claret over a cigar ) , and thinking perhaps the judge meant the nut - crackers , the gas - lamps , or the rifles ...
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... asked me to cut off my right arm . Jack's right , Helen ; I gave him my word very foolishly , I know now , but I must keep it . ' Mrs. Hawkins was horrified beyond measure . At first she could hardly realise the request her darling son ...
... asked me to cut off my right arm . Jack's right , Helen ; I gave him my word very foolishly , I know now , but I must keep it . ' Mrs. Hawkins was horrified beyond measure . At first she could hardly realise the request her darling son ...
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... asked me , and then he'll make no fuss about it . ' ' But he didn't ask you ; I don't know what arrangements papa is going to make . ' ' Oh , it'll be all right , I daresay . If I tell the dad I'm asked , he and yours will get talking 1 ...
... asked me , and then he'll make no fuss about it . ' ' But he didn't ask you ; I don't know what arrangements papa is going to make . ' ' Oh , it'll be all right , I daresay . If I tell the dad I'm asked , he and yours will get talking 1 ...
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... asked his father's leave , he felt he could hardly interfere if he chose an underhand way of com- passing the same end . ' We'll have rifles , of course , ' said Sam ; ' but . you can't shoot , can you ? Jack confessed with a little ...
... asked his father's leave , he felt he could hardly interfere if he chose an underhand way of com- passing the same end . ' We'll have rifles , of course , ' said Sam ; ' but . you can't shoot , can you ? Jack confessed with a little ...
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... Muller , who was a splendid shot and an old sporting companion , and had asked him to go with him to Rajpeepla . The captain had accepted , and mentioned , when he heard that Jack was to go , that he thought Sam Muller at Home . 21.
... Muller , who was a splendid shot and an old sporting companion , and had asked him to go with him to Rajpeepla . The captain had accepted , and mentioned , when he heard that Jack was to go , that he thought Sam Muller at Home . 21.
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