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"A pie"

That was the hopeful way in which the examination proceeded, and when

Rachel attempted to say that his mother would be much displeased, he

proceeded to tumble head over heels all round the room, as if he knew

better; which performance broke up the seance, with a resolve on her

part that when she had the books she would not be so beaten She tried

Francis, but he really did know next to nothing, and whenever he ca stopped short, and when told to spell

it, said, "Ma

depreciating about civilians

Rachel was a woman of perseverance She went to the bookseller's, and

obtained a fair amount of books, which she ordered to be sent to Lady

Te, the parcel was

nowhere to be found There was a grand interrogation, and at last it

turned out to have been safely deposited in an e-kennel in

the back yard It was very hard on Rachel that Fanny giggled like a

school-girl, and even though ashamed of herself and her sons, could

not find voice to scold theement, that Rachel found her 's work h the repetition was i on the boys a sort of sense