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Page 101
We told him what was happening in the bathroom and he asked us what we
wanted done with the bitch and her puppies . We said we wanted to get her and
her basket into another small room so that we could use the bathroom . He said
that ...
We told him what was happening in the bathroom and he asked us what we
wanted done with the bitch and her puppies . We said we wanted to get her and
her basket into another small room so that we could use the bathroom . He said
that ...
Page 107
If anyone came for an interview , they had to see me and , if they wanted to go
beyond me to him , they had to put what they wanted to say in writing . This
applied even to Government servants . He would never see the head clerk or the
...
If anyone came for an interview , they had to see me and , if they wanted to go
beyond me to him , they had to put what they wanted to say in writing . This
applied even to Government servants . He would never see the head clerk or the
...
Page 237
Some of them wanted Mr . Doole , a chief headman , to be appointed , others
wanted a Mr . Bahar who was the Government Salt Superintendent . I was rather
concerned by the growing ill - feeling , but it was very difficult for me to interfere .
Some of them wanted Mr . Doole , a chief headman , to be appointed , others
wanted a Mr . Bahar who was the Government Salt Superintendent . I was rather
concerned by the growing ill - feeling , but it was very difficult for me to interfere .
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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