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..., and in one moment he decided he would go. There was much to be done: his portmanteau to be packed, a credit to be got from the bank where he was a w... ...uaintance. He was speedily ejected from the boarding- house; deposited his portmanteau with a perfect stranger, who did not even catch his name; wande... ... nearly a fortnight more till the perfect stranger could be hunted up, the portmanteau recovered, and John’s letter carried at length to its destinati... ... RETURN B Y A LITTLE AFTER NOON on the eve of Christmas, John had left his portmanteau in the cloak-room, and stepped forth into Princes Street with a... ....’ There was no reply for a moment, and then the door was opened. ‘Get the portmanteau down,’ said John to the driver. ‘Do nothing of the kind,’ said ... ...nd I can’t sleep on the roadside on a night like this—at least, not with a portmanteau,’ he pleaded. ‘Hush!’ said Alan, with his head on one side; and... ...ck.’ ‘No?’ returned Alan. ‘Neither will you, then. Come and let’s get your portmanteau.’ The cabman was paid, and drove off down the long, lamp- light... ... lamp- lighted hill, and the two friends stood on the side-walk beside the portmanteau till the last rumble of the wheels had died in silence. It seem... ...e feeling. When the stillness was once more perfect, Alan shoul- dered the portmanteau, carried it in, and shut and locked the garden door; and then, ...

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...Conors of Castle Conor, County Mayo This I accordingly did. “Send my small portmanteau,” I said, “and all my black dress clothes, and shirts, and sock... ...ou young divil,” Jack O’Conor said to Patsey. “I have told him to take the portmanteau over on a car,” said I. “All right; then you’ll find it there o... ... gratified to find that all my things were laid out ready for dressing; my portmanteau had of course come open, as my keys were in my pocket, and ther...

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...d Richard, looking at his watch. “If I run down to the Dedlock, and get my portmanteau fastened up, and order a gig, or a chaise, or whatever’s to be ... ..., with a great confusion of clothes, tin cases, books, boots, brushes, and portmanteaus strewn all about the floor. He was only half dressed—in plain ...

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...ge-doors in front of the haberdasher’s; I’d hang about a station, to carry portmanteaus; I’d be a postman. But they won’t look at you; there are thous...

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...d move heaven and earth to revenge his fall, he directed my attention to a portmanteau passably well filled, which he hoped would satisfy the cupidity... ...aved his life. The gratified vanity of authorship induced me to accept his portmanteau and valuables, and to allow the poor wretch to go free. I put t... ...to receive it when taken myself. On issuing from the podesta with Sheeny’s portmanteau and my sword in my hand, I was a little disgusted and annoyed t... ...rescue. 28 Major Gahagan I had, as I said, left the podesta with Sheeny’s portmanteau, and, unwilling to part with some of the articles it contained—... ... the lancer came up, I dropped my sword from my right hand, and hurled the portmanteau at his head, with aim so true, that he fell back on his saddle ...

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...EGMUND’S VIOLIN, desired of Helena, lay in its case beside Siegmund’s lean portmanteau in the white dust of the lum- ber-room in Highgate. It was wort... ...lock downstairs struck two. ‘I must get to sleep,’ he said. He dragged his portmanteau from beneath the bed and began to pack it. When at last it was ... ...blankly at him for some moments, un- able to reach the door because of the portmanteau thrust through with umbrellas and sticks, which stood on the fl... ...he smiled suddenly in his direction, without perceiving him. He pulled the portmanteau under his legs, and Helena edged past. She stood by the door, l... ...elf. He had thought of the two ways before. Yet now he was unprovided. His portmanteau stood at the foot of the bed, its straps flung loose. A portman... ... its straps flung loose. A portmanteau strap would do. Then it should be a portmanteau strap! ‘Very well!’ said Siegmund, ‘it is finally settled. I ha...

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...of his new book out of his table-drawer, to insert it into a pocket of his portmanteau. This led to his catching a glimpse of certain pages he hadn’t ... ...elt he had given all that was in him. This time he put his papers into his portmanteau, with the address of his publisher attached, and took his way n...

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...scharging their duty, and if they perceived a victim’s name written on the portmanteau they addressed him by it in a tone of old acquaintance. Vogelst...

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...tition of sobriety. On the Saturdays I 20 The Coxon Fund used to bring my portmanteau, so as not to have to think of eleven o’clock trains. I had a b...

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...e scene the night they dined together—on this occa- sion (he had brought a portmanteau and he was staying) she mentioned that there was something very...

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...Freeman had been collecting his clean shirts as well as Sam’s, and all the portmanteaus and trunks in the house had been hunted out of the roof. Once,...

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... quarter of an hour, you could take my master. If not, I’ll carry back the portmanteau and try to find some other conveyance.” “I’ll wait two, three q... ...of the painter, the bundles of Oscar Husson, and the pretty little leather portmanteau, which he took from its nest of hay and confided mysteriously t...

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...to him not to expose himself. Harold then undertook to go in search of his portmanteau either to the scene of the catastrophe or the Hall. “My dear si... ...turn and show what he was, but only his lordship’s servant, let- ters, and portmanteau came on an improvised sleigh. He had an immense political, coun... ...und the muff, which could not easily be overlooked, for it was as big as a portmanteau, and stuffed full of sundries. “Oh dear yes, my dear, thank you...

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.... I saw his face, and ’twas like a corpse, my Lord; and he brings down his portmanteau into his dress- ing-room, and I hears him pulling out all his d... ...torn up again; his clothes lay tumbled in disorder on the floor, where his portmanteau lay open and partly packed. All Louis’s worst alarm seemed ful-... ...ul little islet of Toboga for Callao. On board, he had time to find in his portmanteau the letter with which she had entrusted him, and, seeking Madis...

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...luggage?” Mariana held up her little bundle. “I have only this.” “I have a portmanteau and a bag, which I left in the cart. I’ll go and—” “Don’t bothe... ...a offered to help him tidy his room. She immediately began unpack- ing his portmanteau and bag, declining his offer of help on the ground that she mus...

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...sden: I want a key there is on the corner of the mantelpiece. I’ll pack my portmanteau before I go to bed “ The house clock struck seven. “The lad is ... ...morning eager to shake off his yoke, and go 154 The Professor out with my portmanteau under my arm, if a beggar, at least a freeman; and in the eveni...

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...n to be of the Argyle (or Campbell) colours. This servant had a good-sized portmanteau strapped on his horse, and a net of lemons (to brew punch with)...

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...ars. Brisk with all the orders. Go.’ She turned to Weyburn. ‘You pack your portmanteau faster than a servant will do it.’ He ran up-stairs. She was be...

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...hariot, which was in waiting, an unusual quantity of carpet-bags and small portmanteaus, no less apoplectic in appearance than the Ma- jor himself: an...

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... seized. “Stop,” he said, “there’s a fellow below with my brandy-flask and portmanteau.” The soldiers were Italians; they laughed, and hauled away at ... ...t man after man of the mounting troop, calling alternately “brandy- flask!—portmanteau!” as each one raised a head above the parapet. “The signor has ...