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CHAPTER XXI.
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Chapter XXI
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CHAPTER XXI. IN OXFORD STREET “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was an unaccustomed clumsiness in gripping the bolt.
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading an unaccustomed clumsiness in gripping the bolt.
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From this reading CHAPTER XXI.
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From this reading an unaccustomed clumsiness in gripping the bolt.
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading an unaccustomed clumsiness in gripping the bolt.
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading IN OXFORD STREET
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading IN OXFORD STREET
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading IN OXFORD STREET
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading an unaccustomed clumsiness in gripping the bolt.
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From this reading “In going downstairs the first time I found an unexpected difficulty
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From this reading because I could not see my feet; indeed I stumbled twice, and there was
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From this reading CHAPTER XXI.
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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter 21?
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