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Page 112
... called it ' gravel jam ' because of all the stones it contained . There is no pleasing some people . Once Nurse Scanlon , the matron , made vegetable marrow and ginger jam for the Brothers , and when news of that got around someone ...
... called it ' gravel jam ' because of all the stones it contained . There is no pleasing some people . Once Nurse Scanlon , the matron , made vegetable marrow and ginger jam for the Brothers , and when news of that got around someone ...
Page 168
... called in without fail every Wednesday at Aunt Maggie's bidding , an obligation to be met under pain of mortal sin . She sweetened the visit with half a crown and some- times half an ounce of ' twist ' pipe tobacco as well , so called ...
... called in without fail every Wednesday at Aunt Maggie's bidding , an obligation to be met under pain of mortal sin . She sweetened the visit with half a crown and some- times half an ounce of ' twist ' pipe tobacco as well , so called ...
Page 180
... called The Confidential Clerk , or maybe The Private Secretary , I'm not sure . I don't recall much of the plot , either , but I do remember that the setting was a country house in Victorian England , and that I was a university student ...
... called The Confidential Clerk , or maybe The Private Secretary , I'm not sure . I don't recall much of the plot , either , but I do remember that the setting was a country house in Victorian England , and that I was a university student ...
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