Word: ups
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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I had begun somewhere in the third book, and read away till I came to where my preparation stopped. I paused and looked up at my master. "Go on," said he. "Five minutes more."
My other visits did n't prosper much, but I went to the Archibalds' very often. Always there were fifteen minutes of Latin, always a sudden disappearance of papa, always an hour or so of music. I used to read my Horace up beforehand, which was very well, but that...
I looked up at Diana, she looked at me, and we smiled.
So I was left there with my book in my hand. I would not go, they might have to send for a doctor. I took up the book again: "That was not right, was it?" I thought. '"Pro qua' means, 'for whom,' and not 'on which account'; but I have...
Then I put down the Latin, and took up another book, and waited. Then I put that down and looked at her music, and touched the piano! How slowly the time went! How still the house was! I sat down again and waited; I walked around and waited. I could...