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Examples
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I could see that his mind had been running on Caffyn's words; that he was dying to get back to Wimbledon; yes, and almost dying to be quit of me.
Foe-Farrell Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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His position was far more secure than when he had read that telegram of Caffyn's; and here he wondered, for the first time, whether Caffyn had been deliberately misled or only mistaken in sending such a delusive message.
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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Mark caught Caffyn's elbow with a fierce grip; a carriage had driven up; they could see it plainly still in the afternoon light, which had only just begun to fade.
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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And by-and-by a curious change took place in Caffyn's feelings towards him; in spite of himself the virulence of his hatred began to abate.
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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Ought she, she had asked herself, knowing what she knew of Caffyn's past, to stand by while a girl whom she liked as she did Gilda deceived herself so grossly?
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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Mark cursed the deliberation with which the man before them was choosing his berth on the cabin plan submitted to him; but at last the precautions against the screw and the engines and the kitchens were all taken, and the clerk proceeded to answer Caffyn's questions in the fullest and most obliging manner.
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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Caffyn's quick eye saw at once that something unusual had happened, and he resolved to find out what that was before they parted.
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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But the fact was, Caffyn's presence filled him with a vague alarm which he could not shake off.
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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After Holroyd had spoken, she had never questioned that his version was the true one, and Caffyn's charge an infamous fabrication -- whatever she might have been driven to think in that one instant of sickening doubt.
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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The train came in with a fringe of expectant porters hanging on the footboards, and as the doors flew open to discharge a crowd, flurried but energetic, like stirred ants, even Caffyn's well-regulated pulse beat faster.
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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