A Night in Cold HarborMacmillan, 1960 - 230 pages |
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... took one of her mysterious walks from Abbotsbury , on the Dorset coast , to Minehead , on the Bristol Channel . She had a tryst there with a man who was called Jemmy the Finger , since he had six fingers on his left hand . He earned ...
... took one of her mysterious walks from Abbotsbury , on the Dorset coast , to Minehead , on the Bristol Channel . She had a tryst there with a man who was called Jemmy the Finger , since he had six fingers on his left hand . He earned ...
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... took a fever lying in the wet one night . He does naught but shiver and shake . " " He should lie warmer than this . Mother Dicker , over by Watersmeet , would give him a bed . She owes him a good turn . He wept for her grandchild ...
... took a fever lying in the wet one night . He does naught but shiver and shake . " " He should lie warmer than this . Mother Dicker , over by Watersmeet , would give him a bed . She owes him a good turn . He wept for her grandchild ...
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... took up his pen he said : " Have some more port wine . We must be shut up here for at least forty minutes , if we are to satisfy Charlotte and Sophy . Sit down , do , and get your breath . You look positively blown . " It was not merely ...
... took up his pen he said : " Have some more port wine . We must be shut up here for at least forty minutes , if we are to satisfy Charlotte and Sophy . Sit down , do , and get your breath . You look positively blown . " It was not merely ...
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