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The Awkward Age

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I do feel really quite mouldy.

It's a matter of thirty years--!" "Since you've been in London ?" "For more than a few days at a time, upon my honour.

You won't understand that--any more, I dare say, than I myself quite understand how at the end of all I've accepted this queer view of the doom of coming back.

But I don't doubt I shall ask you, if you'll be so good as to let me, for the help of a hint or two: as to how to do, don't you know?
and not to--what do you fellows call it ?--BE done.

Now about one of THESE things--!" One of these things was the lift in which, at no great pace and with much rumbling and creaking, the porter conveyed the two gentlemen to the alarming eminence, as Mr.Longdon measured their flight, at which Vanderbank perched.


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