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1  We had an awful time getting back, I can tell you.
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2  "I can't complain," answered Wilson unconvincingly.
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3  I can't seem to remember, but I think we talked about the Nordic race.
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4  She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can.
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5  You can't stop going with an old friend on account of rumors and on the other hand I had no intention of being rumored into marriage.
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6  The valley of ashes is bounded on one side by a small foul river, and when the drawbridge is up to let barges through, the passengers on waiting trains can stare at the dismal scene for as long as half an hour.
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