Word: odd
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Melior was as beautiful as day?a beautiful, chattering fool. And as for Holy St. Hoprig, whom Florian discovered alive in the flesh?the saint's conversation alone destroyed Florian's belief in holiness completely. The child of .sacrifice was born, and then the end came an end too odd and unexpected for us to reveal here. Suffice it to say that it taught Florian that the great law of living is "thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor" and that wisdom lies in submission, without demanding of this life too much of beauty or holiness...
...Story. The romance of Henry Earlforward, middle-aged bookseller of Riceyman Steps, Clerkenwell, and of Violet Arb, well-to-do widow, past 40 who had recently inherited the confectioner's shop across the way, was an odd but happy linking together of two penny-pinching temperaments. The grand passion of Henry's life was for solid cash ? a passion so strong it attained the proportions of self-sacrificing heroism. When he discovered on the eve of his marriage that Violet had actually been paying their mutual charwoman, Elsie, less than he, he glowed to think what a wonderful wife...
Dartmouth: one fur neck piece, one tobacco pouch, one opera glass case, two pairs of gloves, one watch, one fraternity pin, one watch fob, and six odd gloves...
Among other articles contributed in the drive are 62 overcoats, 60 odd shoes and 125 trousers. Also one graphophone, seven pairs of rubbers and an even half thousand articles of underwear...
Hats and caps, 125; Overcoats, 62; Coats, 110; Rain coats, 10; Vests, 70; Trousers, 125; Shoes, 110 prs.; Shoes, odd, 60; Ties, 225; Collars, 230; Socks, 50; Articles of underwear, 500; Sweaters, 10; Scarfs, 10; Rubbers, 7 prs.; 1 bed and spring; 2 bed spreads; 1 graphophone; 25 records; Books, 300; Magazines, 3 1-2 tons...