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Even when he was satisfied that he could not be there, he sat patiently on a broken stair and waited; arguing, that he had gone out upon some slight errand, and must soon return.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
—Of grass, on the ground, in tufts of grass or under small shrubs; eggs pale greenish white, heavily marked with chestnut (.80 × .58).
— from Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies, from Parrots to Bluebirds by Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed
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