The Bar Sinister: A Tale, Tom 2Smith, Elder and Company, 1864 |
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... hope he mayn't turn out a bore ! " Trelane had received a letter as he left the hotel , and while he sat in the café waiting for his dinner , he took it out and began to read it . The letter was from Trelane's eldest sister . This lady ...
... hope he mayn't turn out a bore ! " Trelane had received a letter as he left the hotel , and while he sat in the café waiting for his dinner , he took it out and began to read it . The letter was from Trelane's eldest sister . This lady ...
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... hope , " said the latter . 66 Monsieur , I have dined . Will monsieur kindly audit the accounts ? " Trelane looked mechanically at the little book which M. Morlot presented to him . There were altogether four of these little volumes ...
... hope , " said the latter . 66 Monsieur , I have dined . Will monsieur kindly audit the accounts ? " Trelane looked mechanically at the little book which M. Morlot presented to him . There were altogether four of these little volumes ...
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... hope I shall never see so small an amount again put down for a dinner ; but as for me , I really must ask you to excuse me , once for all . " Directly he had spoken , Trelane was half sorry for what he had said . An expression of the ...
... hope I shall never see so small an amount again put down for a dinner ; but as for me , I really must ask you to excuse me , once for all . " Directly he had spoken , Trelane was half sorry for what he had said . An expression of the ...
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... hope these small acts of mercy go for something in a man's account ! But , then , think of the small cruelties which most of us have to set against them . To see M. Morlot open all the books again , and , dipping his pen in the ink ...
... hope these small acts of mercy go for something in a man's account ! But , then , think of the small cruelties which most of us have to set against them . To see M. Morlot open all the books again , and , dipping his pen in the ink ...
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... the door . Nay , he even made inquiry in the outskirts of the town along the principal lines of road , with a vague hope that some one might have noticed the carriage passing out of the 23-2 A JOURNEY OF A NOVEL DESCRIPTION . 35.
... the door . Nay , he even made inquiry in the outskirts of the town along the principal lines of road , with a vague hope that some one might have noticed the carriage passing out of the 23-2 A JOURNEY OF A NOVEL DESCRIPTION . 35.
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Alexis altogether Amand asked Trelane Bourges Brussels Capitaine d'Elmar captain carnival carriage centimes Charvet companion course cried dear dear doctor Doctor Leboeuf door English Englishman eyes face familiar spirit feeling Francesco Salvi gentleman girl grave hand happened heard horse hyæna inquiry Jacques Morlot journey knew leave letter Lieutenant Tronchet listened looked Madame d'Elmar Madame Ponsard Madeleine d'Elmar Madeleine's maître d'hôtel Major Trelane masque matter mind Miss d'Elmar Monsieur Legrand Monsieur Morlot Monsieur Tronchet mother never niece once Paris passed pause perhaps person physician Pierrot Place du Musée poor question remarked remember replied Trelane road Sancergues Sancerre Sardinian seemed servant silence sister sort speak spoke stood strange streets suppose talk tell thing thought told took town travellers Trelane's turned Versailles Victorine voice waited wish woman words young lady
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