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Finished Island Nights Entertainments.  [[strikethrough]]Step[[/strikethrough]] Stevenson.  Fine!  Especially the Bottle Imp

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upstairs more! Yes just you think of it.  And so many of my dear old women besides - Some of the best ones - I really thought I must pack up and move off the other day - and I was full of laugh too; I had sent for this workman to come and fix the windows all over the house, impossible to move some of them they were [[strikethrough]]so bi[[/strikethrough]] in such a condition and that notwithstanding my having had them gone over only last fall.  Well the man came and I thought I thought - I would have no mistake about it this time so I told
him distinctly "I want you to go over every single window and do properly the work that should have been done last 

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year.  I see you are not the same man they sent before, and glad of it.  Very glad! Shouldn't have kept you one moment if you had been, but you look to me as if you intended to pay attention to your work!"  Had a good face[[strikethrough]]this[[/strikethrough]]really.  I'll say that for him.  "However I shant leave you alone, no sir, not one moment, I shall follow you around and watch every single thing you do and make sure of good work this time.  "Would you please speak louder Mam, I'm a little deaf!" What did you say?"  Mercy!  "Do you [[strikethrough]]me[[/strikethrough]] really mean to say you are deaf?" What?  Do you mean you are deaf?" Yelled this right in his ear.  "Yes
mam I be!"  Just you think of it!  I [[strikethrough]]thought[[/strikethrough]] Amanda, I said, you may as well faint at once, and I certainly thought I should more than once, but I didn't I would strengthen meself