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sat each lost in his own thoughts
267 They sat each lost in his own thoughts, in a silence broken only by the very low and indistinct hum of women’s voices and the loud ticking of the clock, which soon struck ten.
— from The Orphan by Clarence Edward Mulford

Senator Elbridge Lapham informing her of the
On March 16, 1882, she received a note from Senator Elbridge Lapham informing her of “the ratification by the Senate of the Geneva Convention; of the full assent of the United States to the same.”
— from Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland Handbook 110 by United States. National Park Service

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