The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Good - afternoon , ' was all she said as I passed in . Next day I found the colonel in a fair - sized apartment , with easy chairs , and walls hidden by bookcases . He seemed to take it for granted that I had nothing to say .
Good - afternoon , ' was all she said as I passed in . Next day I found the colonel in a fair - sized apartment , with easy chairs , and walls hidden by bookcases . He seemed to take it for granted that I had nothing to say .
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Good - afternoon , ' was all she said as I passed in . Next day I found the colonel in a fair - sized apartment , with easy chairs , and walls hidden by bookcases . He seemed to take it for granted that I had nothing to say .
Good - afternoon , ' was all she said as I passed in . Next day I found the colonel in a fair - sized apartment , with easy chairs , and walls hidden by bookcases . He seemed to take it for granted that I had nothing to say .
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We rose and passed into another of the three tiny rooms that the villa contained . It was a sort of office , with paper , ink , pens , and a typewriter on the table . ' What name do you want to have ? ' asked the cadaverous man .
We rose and passed into another of the three tiny rooms that the villa contained . It was a sort of office , with paper , ink , pens , and a typewriter on the table . ' What name do you want to have ? ' asked the cadaverous man .
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He passed me through and I went to the ticket - office and demanded a ticket . ' One first class to Petrograd , ' I said boldly . " There is no first class by this train , only second and third . ' ' No first ? Then give me a second .
He passed me through and I went to the ticket - office and demanded a ticket . ' One first class to Petrograd , ' I said boldly . " There is no first class by this train , only second and third . ' ' No first ? Then give me a second .
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Several times I have seen one of these little banner - riders shift deftly from leaf to leaf , when a swifter carrier passed by , as a circus bareback rider changes steeds at full gallop . Once I saw enacted above ground , and in the ...
Several times I have seen one of these little banner - riders shift deftly from leaf to leaf , when a swifter carrier passed by , as a circus bareback rider changes steeds at full gallop . Once I saw enacted above ground , and in the ...
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