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After dinner he would escort his aunt from the table in some state (not wholly unaccompanied by a leerish wink or two from the wags of the place) and he would leave her at the door of the communal parlours and card rooms, with a formality in his bow of farewell which awarded an amusing contrast to Fanny's always voluble protests.
The Magnificent Ambersons; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 1918
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After dinner he would escort his aunt from the table in some state (not wholly unaccompanied by a leerish wink or two from the wags of the place) and he would leave her at the door of the communal parlours and card rooms, with a formality in his bow of farewell which awarded an amusing contrast to Fannys always voluble protests.
Chapter 33 1918
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After dinner he would escort his aunt from the table in some state (not wholly unaccompanied by a leerish wink or two from the wags of the place) and he would leave her at the door of the communal parlours and card rooms, with a formality in his bow of farewell which afforded an amusing contrast to
The Magnificent Ambersons Booth Tarkington 1907
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