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about that long'—he measured less than an inch on his minute fore-finger[hyphen removed]—'with long holes through so they

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refusal to let attenion[attention] go was mitigated by something in the quietness,

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kept watching with a kind of half-absent-[hyphen added]minded scorn

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Dr. Pankhurst and Mr. Jacob Bright passed a second reading."[']

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next monster petition to Parliament asking for Woman's Suffrage."[']

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the vivid scarlet lips; almost spleepy[sleepy] the heavy-lidded eyes.

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Those of you who want to see women free, hold up your hands."[']

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'Why didn't you stay where I left you?"['] he answered, without

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a rich chuckle. 'She's a educatin' of us![']

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"Look at this big crowd. W'y, we're all men! If the women want the vote, w'y ain't they here to s'y so?["] Well, I'll tell you w'y. It's because they've 'ad to get

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in a turtle-esque fashion highty[highly] provocative,

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whose crime is, they ask for the vote?'["] But try as I would,

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Stonor as he came in seemed to take no acccount[account] of those

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for that moment he semed[seemed] as bankrupt in denunciation

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