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Page 299
... talk - talk - talking . Meantime , the thing that was running in my mind was , " Now , if my ears hear aright , I have not only to get the names of all the towns and islands and bends , and so on , by heart , but I must even get up a ...
... talk - talk - talking . Meantime , the thing that was running in my mind was , " Now , if my ears hear aright , I have not only to get the names of all the towns and islands and bends , and so on , by heart , but I must even get up a ...
Page 411
... talk at any club , it is of stocks , of commercial ventures and of sport ; to the talk in a motor bus , it is of clothes . In both cases the interest centres on price . The subject never changes . The price of something is the only ...
... talk at any club , it is of stocks , of commercial ventures and of sport ; to the talk in a motor bus , it is of clothes . In both cases the interest centres on price . The subject never changes . The price of something is the only ...
Page 655
... talk . They dealt disjointedly with scenery first , and then with the means of self - education . She took his address at Antrobus's and promised to send him some books . But even with that it was spiritless , ach- ing talk , Hoopdriver ...
... talk . They dealt disjointedly with scenery first , and then with the means of self - education . She took his address at Antrobus's and promised to send him some books . But even with that it was spiritless , ach- ing talk , Hoopdriver ...
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