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  • "Oh, y-y-yes," stammered Plunger, with a painful attempt to laugh, "very much."

    The Hero of Garside School

  • "Six pounds of sago, six tins of curry-powder, y-y-yes, six jars of honey, certainly, six tins of tongue, six tins of asparagus, six pounds of pepper, six clothes pegs.

    In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

  • "Oh, perhaps I am," he said swinging round, "y-y-yes, I'm pretty sure it's good enough.

    In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

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