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Page 19
... ment . " Well , my dear sister ? " asked the prior- ess , looking , in her white robe , like a very tired and well - bred statue . " It's a soul , reverend mother , that's wait- ing nourishment and work at the back gate , " said Sister ...
... ment . " Well , my dear sister ? " asked the prior- ess , looking , in her white robe , like a very tired and well - bred statue . " It's a soul , reverend mother , that's wait- ing nourishment and work at the back gate , " said Sister ...
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... ment , and at the beck of circumstances . He had worked when he could find work for his unskilled hands ; when the winter came on he had drifted again - southward this time . In the course of a long and busy life Sister Margaret had ...
... ment , and at the beck of circumstances . He had worked when he could find work for his unskilled hands ; when the winter came on he had drifted again - southward this time . In the course of a long and busy life Sister Margaret had ...
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... ment of Lewis Maginnis were more and more successful ; and Mrs. Magee , who now re- ceived a modest stipend from her lodger , seconded them warmly . Maginnis of April 30 was no longer Maginnis of February 3 . A transformation had taken ...
... ment of Lewis Maginnis were more and more successful ; and Mrs. Magee , who now re- ceived a modest stipend from her lodger , seconded them warmly . Maginnis of April 30 was no longer Maginnis of February 3 . A transformation had taken ...
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... ment to the parlor , a few round tables in place of one long one , and a soiled negro waiter who brushes the crumbs from the table with the flat of one hand into the palm of the other , instead of a colored waitress who shakes them from ...
... ment to the parlor , a few round tables in place of one long one , and a soiled negro waiter who brushes the crumbs from the table with the flat of one hand into the palm of the other , instead of a colored waitress who shakes them from ...
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... ment in the afternoon ; a slouch back at the end of the legislative day to a bored wife gazing at nothing out of the window , with no relief in mind except , perhaps , a possible gossip with some other congressman's bored wife . The ...
... ment in the afternoon ; a slouch back at the end of the legislative day to a bored wife gazing at nothing out of the window , with no relief in mind except , perhaps , a possible gossip with some other congressman's bored wife . The ...
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