Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 286W. Blackwood, 1959 - England |
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Page 143
I never repented the decision , though there turned out to be one flaw . The chef was paid his wages on the last Friday of the month and always got ingloriously drunk that night . The meal then was horrible , and was accompanied by an ...
I never repented the decision , though there turned out to be one flaw . The chef was paid his wages on the last Friday of the month and always got ingloriously drunk that night . The meal then was horrible , and was accompanied by an ...
Page 149
I broke the news to Ned that I had been offered a job in Italy ; it would be my first visit . We parted that night in the street , under a gas - lamp . He took my hand and held it ( I realised then that we had never shaken hands ...
I broke the news to Ned that I had been offered a job in Italy ; it would be my first visit . We parted that night in the street , under a gas - lamp . He took my hand and held it ( I realised then that we had never shaken hands ...
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Domingo excelled the red - haired Menelaus in hospitality ; never pushing it at us , but just making it available . He never uttered the common phrase , ' You are in your house . ' He made it so . As , in the already hot sun , we rode ...
Domingo excelled the red - haired Menelaus in hospitality ; never pushing it at us , but just making it available . He never uttered the common phrase , ' You are in your house . ' He made it so . As , in the already hot sun , we rode ...
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SOME GEORGE CROSS ISLANDERS BY J P MAURICB | 96 |
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