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A brief conversation with a ticket-agent would have told them that the only P. & O. boat whose sailing coincided with our hasty departure from Southern England was the Marguerite, which would be in Port Said on the Tuesday.
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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A brief conversation with a ticket-agent would have told them that the only P. & O. boat whose sailing coincided with our hasty departure from Southern England was the Marguerite, which would be in Port Said on the Tuesday.
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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As I knew it would be an expensive trip, I decided to ask the ticket-agent whether he would grant a stop-over privilege on my half-rate ticket.
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One evening, watching it, Jeanne Marie saw the ticket-agent write out the numbers as they came on her ticket, in such a way that they drew
Balcony Stories Grace E. King
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The ticket-agent had paid the bill to a Chicago citizen.
The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure Bannister Merwin
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"Change was right; you can't dope and roll me; gwan!" growled the ticket-agent.
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson
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I wrote upon the face of it the words you have seen, and paid it to the ticket-agent.
The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure Bannister Merwin
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The ticket-agent had no change, and did not know whether the end of the line was anywhere near
Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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He asked the ticket-agent, a big, pasty young man about them.
Success A Novel Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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While the ticket-agent served the white people at one window, I remained there beating the other until the train pulled out.
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