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... girl is the spirit of that bewildered empire called the American Middlewest . That is our introduction to Carol , set in the conventional pose of a young girl in an advertisement and described in prose of equal banality . Carol becomes ...
... girl is the spirit of that bewildered empire called the American Middlewest . That is our introduction to Carol , set in the conventional pose of a young girl in an advertisement and described in prose of equal banality . Carol becomes ...
Page 176
... girl who wants to marry him because he refuses to find a job , being intent on producing an invention that will make his fortune , for instance , ' individual wrappers around toilet seats in public places ' . Yet he is much more than ...
... girl who wants to marry him because he refuses to find a job , being intent on producing an invention that will make his fortune , for instance , ' individual wrappers around toilet seats in public places ' . Yet he is much more than ...
Page 193
... girls do it . ' ' Perhaps they don't know . ' ' Well , I always tell a girl . If one is to know a girl , it is much better to tell her what one thinks . Another thing I don't like is messed - up mouths . When I give a girl tea , I ...
... girls do it . ' ' Perhaps they don't know . ' ' Well , I always tell a girl . If one is to know a girl , it is much better to tell her what one thinks . Another thing I don't like is messed - up mouths . When I give a girl tea , I ...
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