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• She listened to his words with sur- prise, and then whispered to ``Aunt Susan How CAN he say that? —  The Story of a Pioneer
• So it is quite correct to say that no salaries have ever been paid by the National Association to its officers Three years later, in 1911, another glorious sur- prise came to me in a very innocent-looking letter. —  The Story of a Pioneer
• Maigret had to prise the words out of the photographer one by one, doing his thinking for him. —  Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett—Simenon, Georges - 01
• It had been no sur-prise to Ned that Devlin joined the cavalry. —  Gaston, Diane - The Mysterious Miss M
• We'll have to foot it, anyway, for quite some distance, if we want to s'prise 'em When the place where the wood-road turned off was reached the sheriff decided to leave the horses One o' you boys stay here now with the deputy an' help guard these horses," instructed the sheriff. —  The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow

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