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r02-065-05.png | Govr. and Compa. of the Bank of England would never |
r02-065-06.png | break their promise to pay on rude demand , let |
r02-065-07.png | alone on polite request . |
r02-070-00.png | Cecil frowned in disappointment as he focussed upon the |
r02-070-01.png | printing to find no Govr. , no Compa. , in fact no five pound notes |
r02-070-02.png | at all . He was holding a paper booklet , the top sheet of which |
r02-070-03.png | bore , in large Baskerville type , the words METROPOLITAN |
r02-070-04.png | MONOTECHNIC INSTITUTE ADVANCED ACCOUNTANCY |
r02-070-05.png | COURSE NO. 3 . He ruffled the sheets irritably and |
r02-070-06.png | glowered at his own breach of social morality . |
r02-078-00.png | He climbed the stairs , eager to unload the |
r02-078-01.png | guilt-symbol upon the ticket-collector and then |
r02-078-02.png | to emerge carrying his shame unseen , but burning , |
r02-078-03.png | into the night . He reached the barrier and |
r02-078-04.png | fumbled for his contract before thrusting the |
r02-078-05.png | briefcase at the ticket-collector with the firm |
r02-078-06.png | intention of playing the dutiful citizen |
r02-078-07.png | retrieving lost property . |
r02-081-00.png | Sentence Database |
r02-081-01.png | Before he could open his mouth , the collector |
r02-081-02.png | stretched out a hand . ' Watch your step there , sir ! Your briefcase |
r02-081-03.png | is hanging open . You 'll have someone shoving their hot |
r02-081-04.png | little hands inside . Here , I 'll do it . ' The collector pressed the twinkling |
r02-081-05.png | catch home with a click . Cecil , irretrievably laden with |
r02-081-06.png | both briefcase and conscience , stumbled away |
r02-081-07.png | into the darkness . |
r02-089-00.png | ' HELLO , CECIL . HAD a busy day ? ' His mother came into |
r02-089-01.png | the hall as he opened the front door . He nodded irritably |
r02-089-02.png | and , turning his back to her , contrived to slide the brief- |
r02-089-03.png | case into hiding between the do-it-yourself cupboard |
r02-089-04.png | and the polished brass fourteen-pounder shell-case |
r02-089-05.png | which served respectively as coat cupboard and um- |
r02-089-06.png | brella stand . ' You 're later than usual , aren't you ? ' |
r02-089-07.png | His mother tidied her grey hair in the hall-mirror |
r02-089-08.png | they had once obtained as a free gift in exchange |
r02-089-09.png | for the labels from half a hundredweight of |
r02-089-10.png | Trunk and Greppes Tannin-free Tea . |
r02-109-00.png | Cecil gritted his teeth and glowered at the |
r02-109-01.png | inequity of Miss Cheesecake well-nigh bathing |
r02-109-02.png | in tax-free champagne whilst he had to go |
r02-109-03.png | easy on the immersion heater . ' What is it , |
r02-109-04.png | Cecil ? Don't you feel well ? ' his mother |
r02-109-05.png | asked solicitously . ' You do look tired . |
r02-109-06.png | Go and get yourself a drink . ' ' Don't |
r02-109-07.png | fuss , mother ! I 'm quite well and no more |
r02-109-08.png | tired than usual , and we finished the gin |
r02-109-09.png | last week , you know that . ' |
r02-117-00.png | Cecil stepped towards the dining room . ' I 'm |
r02-117-01.png | sure you must be tired , ' his mother insisted . |
r02-117-02.png | ' You 're very irritable , anyway . ' ' I 'm NOT tired |
r02-117-03.png | and I 'm NOT irritable . ' ' Very well then . ' His |
r02-117-04.png | mother nodded with understanding . ' You 're not tired . |
r02-117-05.png | Nobody 's tired . Now just you run along |
r02-117-06.png | upstairs and wash your hands whilst I get |
r02-117-07.png | dinner ready . ' |
r02-127-00.png | Cecil wriggled irritably under the misplaced management |
r02-127-01.png | of a mother who had failed to realise that a son |
r02-127-02.png | who is nearly bald is no longer a baby . He started to |
r02-127-03.png | climb the stairs , stamping with unnecessary vigour upon |
r02-127-04.png | the treads . ' And don't wipe the dirt off on the |
r02-127-05.png | towel like you did yesterday . |
r02-131-00.png | Your Auntie Edie 's coming in for a cup of tea later and |
r02-131-01.png | you know how she has a good look round everywhere . ' There was |
r02-131-02.png | a tinkle and a thud from beside the coat cupboard . Cecil's |
r02-131-03.png | mother turned around in time to see the briefcase collapse |
r02-131-04.png | against the brass umbrella stand . ' Well now ! ' She hurried |
r02-131-05.png | towards it and picked it up . |
r02-137-00.png | ' What have we here ? A new briefcase ! So THAT 'S |
r02-137-01.png | what it 's all about . ' Cecil halted in |
r02-137-02.png | mid-step near the top of the stairs and |
r02-137-03.png | clenched his fists . ' So that 's what |
r02-137-04.png | What 's all about ? ' he hissed without |
r02-137-05.png | turning round . She pointed to the |
r02-137-06.png | briefcase . ' So that 's why you are so |
r02-137-07.png | irritable . You thought that I 'd think |
r02-137-08.png | you 'd been extravagant . ' |
r02-146-00.png | ' But I 'm NOT irritable ! ' He rushed down |
r02-146-01.png | the stairs and , snatching the case , ran back |
r02-146-02.png | upstairs with it . ' And I 've NOT been |
r02-146-03.png | extravagant . ' " Naughty ! ' she called |
r02-146-04.png | after him . ' Mother knows her boy . |
r02-146-05.png | Arnold Olner |
r03-002-00.png | In spite of all the transferred maternity |
r03-002-01.png | she was endowed with by her patients , |
r03-002-02.png | poor Serena was an infant-in-arms as |
r03-002-03.png | a buyer of property . No , not even an |
r03-002-04.png | infant-in-arms but a new-born babe , a |
r03-002-05.png | premature piece of frailty in an oxygen- |
r03-002-06.png | tent of utter innocence . The complexity of |
r03-002-07.png | that innocence was colossal . It had layer |
r03-002-08.png | after layer of illusion to be peeled off and |
r03-002-09.png | replaced with sad knowledgeability . |
r03-007-00.png | It was a nakedness of nai"vety to be |
r03-007-01.png | clothed leaf by leaf with the disappointment |
r03-007-02.png | of experience . Her first illusion consisted in |
r03-007-03.png | the belief that all she need do was to go to |
r03-007-04.png | an agent , visit half a dozen houses in one |
r03-007-05.png | day , choose one , make an offer , put it in |
r03-007-06.png | the hands of a lawyer and go away on her |
r03-007-07.png | holiday while the whole transaction was |
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