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Examples
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Twissel, for a moment or two, stared round him, and wondered where he was, until, at length, upon some examination, he found himself round the corner.
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"Brandy-and-water, and a biscuit," said the waiter, laying down the articles enumerated, and Twissel gave the necessary cash, accompanied by the customary gratuity, which ranges from ten to twenty-five per cent upon the money paid for the articles purchased.
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Twissel cursed himself for this unexpected departure; but there was no time for deliberation.
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Twissel arose, and left the house to return to his own house, and get his daughter prepared for the visit, and her friend also, while Mrs. Meredith and her daughter, Margaret, consulted together, as to what would be the best method of doing honour to the occasion of the forthcoming marriage.
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Twissel left the station-house with a feeling very much akin to anger, and he walked home with a very disagreeable feeling.
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"That I can do at once," replied Twissel; and he at once wrote a note to his clerk, and gave it unsealed into the hands of the constable, and asked if there was any one who would go with it.
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"I see you are so, sir," said Twissel; "but do you never feel it worse at some times than at others?"
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Twissel was shown into the parlour much about the same as usual; but he himself was somewhat of a different state.
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"Then I will give you my card," said Twissel, producing his card-case.
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Twissel was sent for; and, the papers she desired to find for him, she was fortunate enough to discover, and laid them by at once.
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