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Her savings box, which ought to have contained over fifteen shillings, only held a threepennybit and two halfpennies; and she shook her head dismally as she reviewed her pauper condition.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Angela Brazil 1907
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"I can afford to spend the threepennybit on Father and Martin," she thought; "but I must leave the halfpennies to rattle in my box, so that it doesn't sound empty."
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Angela Brazil 1907
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