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BUBBLE and SQUEAK

... to meet him at the railway station. On his way he realised that he knew no French and that possibly the musician could not speak English. When the Frenchman stepped from the train, the professor could only recall one French phrase and so, as he shook hands ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1947
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 631 | Page: 23 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

BELINDA IN ARCADY

... knocked and thrice they rang, and the keeper of the gate, opening a little panel where no panel seemed to be, said gruffly Speak the magic words, O Strangers, ere I fling the portals wide I am a friend of Mrs. Bradbury replied the widow and the gates flew ...

Published: Wednesday 14 May 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1732 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE ATOM PICTURE

... I got a most extraordinary inward feeling he faltered a feeling of pro hibition. Almost as if a voice in my own mind were speaking to me, indeed commanding me, to stop this work. He laughed agairi, uneasily, and picked up the picture. Of course, it 's ...

Published: Wednesday 29 October 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1742 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE FORTUNATE GIFT

... looked crestfallen. They had forgotten about the present. All babies were given one before they were dropped overboard. so to speak. The right one was chosen out of the basket and fastened to the baby in question at the very last moment. But this time it ...

Published: Wednesday 24 December 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1805 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE SEVEN AGES OF ARTHUR PERFECT

... short course with the Perfect School will set your feet firmly on the high road to literary success. Editors in all English-speak ing countries are eager to publish a story with a slant that is new, unusual. Let Arthur Perfect teach you the shortest way ...

Published: Wednesday 01 October 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1724 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

ALIBI

... garage. It didn't seem reasonable he 'd stand there for three hours, or else come back and put himself into position, so to speak, waiting for someone to find him and if Manny could have produced any sort of an alibi at all for that night, maybe he 'd have ...

Published: Wednesday 25 June 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1750 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative