| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1695 |
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three pounds of it to Mrs Linden and the remainder to Bert White's mother. `Wishing you all a happy Xmas and hoping to find you well and eager for the fray when I come back in the spring, `Yours for the cause, `George Barrington.' Owen read it over two or three times before he could properly understand it and then, without a word of comment - for he could not have spoken at that moment to save his life - he passed it to Nora, who felt, as she read it in her turn, as if a great burden had been lifted from her heart. All the undefined terror of the future faded away as she thought of all this small piece of paper made possible. Meanwhile, Frankie, at the window, was straining his eyes in the direction of the station. |
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