Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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Page 149
... thought that , if they saw me stagger about , they would think I was drunk . So I said nothing and held on grimly until ten , shook hands and by an act of will and just holding on to chairs and tables got myself fairly steadily out of ...
... thought that , if they saw me stagger about , they would think I was drunk . So I said nothing and held on grimly until ten , shook hands and by an act of will and just holding on to chairs and tables got myself fairly steadily out of ...
Page 172
... thought or talked of the things which I was passionately interested in . What I thought and felt about this I had to conceal from everyone in Jaffna and Kandy ( except perhaps from Gwen on the seashore and Rachel in the mountains ) ; my ...
... thought or talked of the things which I was passionately interested in . What I thought and felt about this I had to conceal from everyone in Jaffna and Kandy ( except perhaps from Gwen on the seashore and Rachel in the mountains ) ; my ...
Page 173
... thought of that astonishing letter of Ainsworth , do you remember it ? the one I mean which dropped on you after an interval of months dividing it from the deluge of the previous delirium . And then last mail I really thought you had ...
... thought of that astonishing letter of Ainsworth , do you remember it ? the one I mean which dropped on you after an interval of months dividing it from the deluge of the previous delirium . And then last mail I really thought you had ...
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