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in common with other villagers

‘Come in,’ he said; ‘it is only Martin Cannister, come for a copy of the register for poor Mrs. Jethway.’ Martin Cannister, the sexton, was rather a favourite with Elfride. He used to absorb her attention by telling her of his strange experiences in digging up after long years the bodies of persons he had […]

following Stephen at the distance of a few steps

‘Under us. He is under this tomb. He is dead, and we are sitting on his grave.’ ‘Elfie,’ said the young man, standing up and looking at the tomb, ‘how odd and sad that revelation seems! It quite depresses me for the moment.’ ‘Stephen! I didn’t wish to sit here; but you would do so.’ […]

The DJ and bartenders performances are deduced

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I break no orders by going

A portion of this money, two dollars, I hastened to invest in fireworks; the balance I put by for contingencies. In placing the fund in my possession, the Captain imposed one condition that dampened my ardor considerably — I was to buy no gunpowder. I might have all the snapping-crackers and torpedoes I wanted; but […]

each box measuring sixteen inches square

   Mr. Grimshaw considerately made allowances for our temporary distraction, and sought to fix our interest on the lessons by connecting them directly or indirectly with the coming Event. The class in arithmetic, for instance, was requested to state how many boxes of fire-crackers, each box measuring sixteen inches square, could be stored in a […]