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The girls told the duchess, as they called Mrs. Jones — of course in confidence — but Mrs. Jones knew what such confidence meant, especially as the matter was more than once distinctly alluded to by her ladyship; and thus the story was told, in confidence, to everybody in the establishment, and then repeated by them, in confidence also, to nearly everybody out of it.
Castle Richmond 2004
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The girls told the duchess, as they called Mrs. Jones -- of course in confidence -- but Mrs. Jones knew what such confidence meant, especially as the matter was more than once distinctly alluded to by her ladyship; and thus the story was told, in confidence, to everybody in the establishment, and then repeated by them, in confidence also, to nearly everybody out of it.
Castle Richmond Anthony Trollope 1848
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The modest, quiet hotel was called Mrs. Jones's boarding-house, and was in one of the suburbs far from the main street.
Dr. Wortle's School Anthony Trollope 1848
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Once, while working in oncology, the doctor in charge of the ward focused our attention on how much time "Mrs. Jones" might have left.
Dr. Cara Barker: How Good Are You Really At Receiving? Practicing The Three Cs Dr. Cara Barker 2011
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Once, while working in oncology, the doctor in charge of the ward focused our attention on how much time "Mrs. Jones" might have left.
Dr. Cara Barker: How Good Are You Really At Receiving? Practicing The Three Cs Dr. Cara Barker 2011
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The nurse told me, she says — of course, Hetty was small, you know, and she was so thin — she says, "Mrs. Jones," she says,
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And one day the nurse was in there, and she says, "Mrs. Jones," she says, "if Hetty leaves anything on her tray that you'd like," she says, "you eat it."
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"Mrs. Jones," she said, turning to the mother, "how far is it from this place to your home?"
Fred Fearnot's New Ranch and How He and Terry Managed It Hal Standish
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Even without this evidence that he does not grasp at all, the seriousness of the beach-chair situation, the fact that the uncouth stranger has referred to Mrs. H.S. Jumpkinson-Jones merely as "Mrs. Jones," brands him among the Palm Beach "regulars" who have overheard him, as a barbarian of the barbarians.
American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913
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I asked, as Miss Gilder, "Mrs. Jones," Cleopatra, Rachel Guest, and two maids filed out from concealment.
It Happened in Egypt 1889
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