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Wysłany: Wto 6:25, 08 Mar 2011 Temat postu: pink knit uggs slippers|On the Makaloa Mat LondonJ |
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to the incision. Leaving Ramses mutinously contemplating a large bowl of chicken soup, I went looking for Gertrude. She was not on the upper deck or in the saloon, so I knocked on her door.
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I could only suppose she had been altogether unclothed, since the garment she wore was a loose wrapper. Wrinkling my nose against an overpowering smell of incense, I said,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "Why are you hiding in your room on such a fine day?"
"I was studying--trying to study." She pushed a wisp of mouse-brown hair back from her cheek. "I cannot stop thinking about last night. I bitterly regret--"
"All the more reason to get out into the sunshine and fresh air," I said briskly, for I did not want to hear a repetition of her excuses and apologies. "Brooding in your room is not sensible. Take your book out onto the deck and ask Mahmud to bring you a pot of tea."
"Yes, that is ... that is a good idea." She glanced helplessly over her shoulder. So did I. She had not been studying; the books on the table were closed and stacked in a neat pile and the topmost boyilai:
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