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she pleased and yet escaped discovery
As her excitement gradually died away, she found that, instead of feeling the satisfaction she expected in having spent the afternoon as she pleased and yet escaped discovery, she was restless and unhappy.
— from Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir And Other Stories for Boys and Girls by Mary Catherine Crowley

said presently Are you expecting Dr
Cicely said presently: “Are you expecting Dr. Pawley to luncheon, Mums?” “No. Stimson has enough to do as it is.
— from Whitewash by Horace Annesley Vachell

such patrons as you every day
"It is unfortunate," said the verado ; "one does not find such patrons as you every day, señor."
— from Stoneheart: A Romance by Gustave Aimard

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