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Roundabout Papers

Chapter II · Chapter 2

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You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.
P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.
You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.
I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.
I was this man's slave.
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Roundabout Papers

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Roundabout Papers is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.
Line 2
P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.
Line 3
You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.
Line 4
I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.
Line 5
I was this man's slave.

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a

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

addressed

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

an

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

and

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

as

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

at

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

benevolent

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

between

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

Blacking

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

bouncer

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

but

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by

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

cab

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

care

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

cei

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

chambers

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

come

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

companion

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

confess

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

DARE

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

Day

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

did

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

down

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

excuse

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

expression

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

eyes

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

face

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

features

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

fell

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

fit

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

flutter

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

flying

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

for

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

great

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

grinned

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

handsome

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

have

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

head

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

his

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

I

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

ill-looking

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

in

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

individual

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

into

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

jumping

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

just

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

lap

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

man

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

man's

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From this reading I was this man's slave.

Martin's

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

me

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

means

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

Mons

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

more

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

my

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

no

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

not

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

of

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

offend

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

on

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

once

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

one

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

or

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

ordinarily

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

ourselves

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

P

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

pardon

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

pleasing

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

policeman

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

porcelain

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

qualified

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

rascal

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

refuge

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

remarking

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

said

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

seldom

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

set

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

sinister

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

sitting

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

slave

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From this reading I was this man's slave.

speaking

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

stool

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

taking

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

than

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

that

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

the

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

this

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

THOUGHT

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

to

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

tremble

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

twice

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

up

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

Warehouse

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

was

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

went

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

when

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

will

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

with

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

words

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From this reading You grinned at the individual just as you did at me when you went up to the cei--, pardon me, as I THOUGHT you did, when I fell down in a fit in your chambers;” and I qualified my words in a great flutter and tremble; I did not care to offend the man--I did not DARE to offend the man.

wore

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From this reading P. I have seldom set eyes on)--“your ordinarily handsome face wore an expression that was by no means pleasing.

would

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From this reading I thought once or twice of jumping into a cab, and flying; of taking refuge in Day and Martin's Blacking Warehouse; of speaking to a policeman, but not one would come.

You

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

your

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From this reading “You will excuse me,” I said, to my companion, “for remarking, that when you addressed the individual sitting on the porcelain stool, with his head in his lap, your ordinarily benevolent features”--(this I confess was a bouncer, for between ourselves a more sinister and ill-looking rascal than Mons.

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