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The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.
Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.
But Alice said-- You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’
It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.
So I said-- It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.
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Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.
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But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’
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It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.
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So I said-- ‘It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.

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Forgotten adjective US /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading “It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.”

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a

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

about

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

advertisement

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

Alice

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

all

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

almost

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

and

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

answering

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

anyhow

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From this reading So I said-- ‘It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.

as

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From this reading So I said-- ‘It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.

because

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

brass

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

broke

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

but

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

by

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

Dicky's

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

digging

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

Dora

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

eight-pence

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

fault

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From this reading So I said-- ‘It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.

first

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

for

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

four

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

gentlemen

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

get

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

getting

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

going

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

got

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

H

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

had

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

have

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

her

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

hers

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

I

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

idea

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

into

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

It

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

It's

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From this reading So I said-- ‘It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.

jammed

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

know

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

ladies

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

marble

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

mine

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From this reading So I said-- ‘It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.

much

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From this reading So I said-- ‘It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.

new

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

O

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

of

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

off

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

Oswald

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

ought

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

out

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

pair

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

points

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

pounds

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

quite

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

rather

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

rights

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

s

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From this reading So I said-- ‘It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.

said

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

scissors

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

several

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

she

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

shillings

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

So

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From this reading So I said-- ‘It’s H. O.’s fault as much as mine, anyhow.

spare

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

that

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

the

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

them

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

then

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

there

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

thimble

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

things

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

those

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

though

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

time

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

to

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

treasure

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

tried

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

true

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

two

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

wanted

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

was

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

we

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

week

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

were

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

When

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From this reading When we had got that four shillings by digging for treasure we ought, by rights, to have tried Dicky’s idea of answering the advertisement about ladies and gentlemen and spare time and two pounds a week, but there were several things we rather wanted.

who

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From this reading It was quite true, though I had almost forgotten it, but then it was H. O. who jammed the marble into the thimble first of all.

with

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From this reading Dora wanted a new pair of scissors, and she said she was going to get them with her eight-pence.

You

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From this reading But Alice said-- ‘You ought to get her those, Oswald, because you know you broke the points off hers getting the marble out of the brass thimble.’

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