The Duchess and the Exile on the Dutch River Trip
On a Dutch boat near Nimwegen, Mistress Anne and the Duke of Suffolk's widow, a famed Protestant duchess, flee Gardiner's reach. The narrator hides a secret packet and grows closer to the duchess and Master Bertie while questions about his past and a letter deepen suspicions. A dream and a nighttime encounter with Mistress Anne shape his resolve as they approach Arnheim.
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Duchess of
Suffolk
Hurled Brandon
Duke of Suffolk
Henry Will
Mary
England
France
Katherine
Willoughby de Eresby
Lincolnshire
Bishop Gardiner
Stephen Gardiner
Clarence
Gardiner
Philip
Wertle
ManterBertle
Hitrs
Peter
Paul
Stony Stratford
Thia
Anne
Agai
Nimuegen
Arnheim
Rhine
Miss Thornton Tracked a London Bank Visitor to a Fish House
In foggy November London Miss Thornton watches a bank clerk visit a shadowy eatery. A waiter reveals Creighton comes nightly for tea in a private room. Her nephew Christopher exposes the scene as a practical joke tied to a bribe for kippers and a silent pact.
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Miss Thornton
Forth
Strand
Great London
Charing Cross Road
Oxford Street
Tottenham Court Road
Vane
Mr. Creighton
Christopher
Nish
London
Ely
The Sighing of the Reeded Poem Fragment
A fragmentary verse by Arthur Symons recalls reed beds by a pool and hills with sea wind sighs. The speaker laments fading youth and lost peace, wondering if old dreams can return.
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Reeda
Arthur Symons
Folded Hands in Dying Light
A poet laments dwindling strength as the day ends and unfinished work shadows him. He recalls past labor's joy, now replaced by fatigue, as his hands grow unable to complete tasks and a quiet life of folded hands settles over him.
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Lowater
New York
Mona Macree and the poetical goddess of nature
Excerpt blends a lyrical meditation on Nature and myth with scattered phrases about Mona Macree and a drifting meditation on Japan. It transitions to a practical note on debts in Japan, describing year end pressure, shopkeepers bargaining, and the grim option of self harm for failure to settle creditors.
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Ter
Mona Machel
Coffee Eyes and Blindness Linked to Slow Poisoning
A Oswego Mont woman reports eye trouble from coffee that eased after switching to Postum. She notes gradual sight failure, headaches, and neck pains improved after three months on Postum, crediting coffee as the cause and Postum as the cure. A friend also claims relief from dyspepsia and headaches after replacing coffee.
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Oswego
Mont
T Hare
Postum
Mir
Weatu Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Wille
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Ursula
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Kate
Andrbara
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Marie
Johann Goethe
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eThem
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Hksex Road
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