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... tell the best stories of anybody in the Transvaal ( Oom Schalk Lourens said , modestly ) , then I explain to them that I just learn through observing the way that the world has with men and women . When I say this they nod their heads ...
... tell the best stories of anybody in the Transvaal ( Oom Schalk Lourens said , modestly ) , then I explain to them that I just learn through observing the way that the world has with men and women . When I say this they nod their heads ...
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... tell you true things , he could not tell you the things that really mattered . And my father was right . * Take the case of Neels Potgieter and Martha Rossouw , for instance . They became engaged to be married just before the affair at ...
... tell you true things , he could not tell you the things that really mattered . And my father was right . * Take the case of Neels Potgieter and Martha Rossouw , for instance . They became engaged to be married just before the affair at ...
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... tell them stories . Even though they all know that I can tell better stories than anybody else . Much better . What I mean is , I wonder why people listen to stories . Of course , it is easy to under- stand why a man should ask me to tell ...
... tell them stories . Even though they all know that I can tell better stories than anybody else . Much better . What I mean is , I wonder why people listen to stories . Of course , it is easy to under- stand why a man should ask me to tell ...
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Willem Prinsloos Peach Brandy | 16 |
In the Withaaks Shade | 24 |
OxWaggons on Trek | 31 |
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