The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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... Vanna Loring . I am an incident only , though I did not know that at first . My name is Stephen Clifden , and I was eight - and - thirty ; plenty of money , sound in wind and limb . I had been by way of being a writer before the war ...
... Vanna Loring . I am an incident only , though I did not know that at first . My name is Stephen Clifden , and I was eight - and - thirty ; plenty of money , sound in wind and limb . I had been by way of being a writer before the war ...
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... Vanna- We glided along the straight military road from Peshawar to Nowshera , the gold - bright sun dazzling in its white- ness — a strange drive through the flat , burned country , with the ominous Kabul River flowing through it . Mili ...
... Vanna- We glided along the straight military road from Peshawar to Nowshera , the gold - bright sun dazzling in its white- ness — a strange drive through the flat , burned country , with the ominous Kabul River flowing through it . Mili ...
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... Vanna . ' Explain to me . I don't understand . I know so little of him . What is the subject ? ' She hesitated ; then chose her words as if for a beginner : - ' It is the Blessed One preaching to the Tree - Spirits . See how eagerly ...
... Vanna . ' Explain to me . I don't understand . I know so little of him . What is the subject ? ' She hesitated ; then chose her words as if for a beginner : - ' It is the Blessed One preaching to the Tree - Spirits . See how eagerly ...
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... Vanna and Winifred . She never came , and I was as unreasonably angry as if I had de- served the blessing of her presence . Next day I could see that she tried , gently but clearly , to discourage our meeting ; and for three days I ...
... Vanna and Winifred . She never came , and I was as unreasonably angry as if I had de- served the blessing of her presence . Next day I could see that she tried , gently but clearly , to discourage our meeting ; and for three days I ...
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... Vanna - Vanna ! ' For she disengaged her hand . - ' On no account . How can I make it more plain to you ? I should have gone soon in any case . My place is in the native city that is the life I want . I have work there ; I knew it ...
... Vanna - Vanna ! ' For she disengaged her hand . - ' On no account . How can I make it more plain to you ? I should have gone soon in any case . My place is in the native city that is the life I want . I have work there ; I knew it ...
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