The Bells of St. John'sDoubleday, Page, 1920 - 57 pages |
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... in that deadly dull tone he'd had since he came home . " You haven't looked them up ? " He seemed surprised . " Why - no . I haven't kept track of anybody . " " I went up to the Military Con- valescent Hospital 9 The Bells of St. John's.
... in that deadly dull tone he'd had since he came home . " You haven't looked them up ? " He seemed surprised . " Why - no . I haven't kept track of anybody . " " I went up to the Military Con- valescent Hospital 9 The Bells of St. John's.
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... seemed to be lost in thought . Justine went on , after a minute : " I found one of my men , too — an officer - Major Annesley , though he's not in the hospital now . I was al- most as glad to see him as if he'd been 12 The Bells of St ...
... seemed to be lost in thought . Justine went on , after a minute : " I found one of my men , too — an officer - Major Annesley , though he's not in the hospital now . I was al- most as glad to see him as if he'd been 12 The Bells of St ...
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... given to his special friends . I sneaked up after them , because I liked to hear the way she got on with him . One thing I noticed ' specially- she never seemed to avoid talking about things as if 18 The Bells of St. John's.
... given to his special friends . I sneaked up after them , because I liked to hear the way she got on with him . One thing I noticed ' specially- she never seemed to avoid talking about things as if 18 The Bells of St. John's.
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Grace Smith Richmond. she never seemed to avoid talking about things as if he could see them . The rest of us had been scared to death to do that ; we'd tried to steer clear of this and that , and the more we steered the surer we were to ...
Grace Smith Richmond. she never seemed to avoid talking about things as if he could see them . The rest of us had been scared to death to do that ; we'd tried to steer clear of this and that , and the more we steered the surer we were to ...
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... seemed to be all taken up with listening - as a blind man is - forgetting how he looks himself- forgetting to keep a grip on his own facial expression , so to speak . And Bim didn't say a thing , at first , just let us all shake hands ...
... seemed to be all taken up with listening - as a blind man is - forgetting how he looks himself- forgetting to keep a grip on his own facial expression , so to speak . And Bim didn't say a thing , at first , just let us all shake hands ...
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