 Well, I should hope it was because she heard the rumour of your possible departure." " Not she," said Mrs. Jennynge, at which somewhat blunt sally Mr. Josceline smiled as though it had been the subtlest of epigrams. " Mrs. Armytage has found in a book...  A Grape from a Thorn - Pàgina 91per James Payn - 1881Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
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...desire to avert her daughter's suspicions, while her daughter herself would take them au leriettx. The killing of two birds with one stone was a metaphor...without taking any notice of this little digression. " No,it was not a poetry book " (" Poetry book ! " thought Mr. Josceline ; "she's worse than the other... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 802 pàgines
...dinner ; well, she has been in tears half the afternoon. Can you possibly guess why, Mr. Josceline t " " Well, I should hope it was because she heard the rumour...poetry book " (" Poetry book ! " thought Mr. Josceline ; ' ' she's worse than the other ! ") ; "it was a paragraph from some work on natural history about... | |
 | J. M. Dixon - 1891 - 392 pàgines
...bedchamber : for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter." "What a wicked man you are!" smiled Mrs. Jennynge,...Anastasia's face that she was the bird in question (she had carried this report). — JAMES PAYN. Bishop. — The bishop has set his foot in it — the... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 816 pàgines
...your possible departure." " Not she," said Mrs. Jennynge, at which somewhat blunt sally Mr. Joscelino smiled as though it had been the subtlest of epigrams....without taking any notice of this little digression. " No,it was not a poetry book " (" Poetry book ! " thought Mr. Josceline ; "she's worse than the other... | |
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