Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 681

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Various. Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 681

A WASTED EXISTENCE

THE LAST OF THE HADDONS. CHAPTER II. – SUCCESS

FAMOUS BRITISH REGIMENTS. THE BRIGADE OF FOOT GUARDS

A RAILWAY TRIP IN JAPAN

A CURATE'S HOLIDAY. IN FOUR CHAPTERS. – CHAPTER II

SOME UNCOMMON PETS

THE LEAF PROPHETIC

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'Only a little hungry.'

Was it my voice making the humiliating confession? Had I lost my self-command and self-respect to such an extent as that! The words seemed to come from my dry lips independently of my will.

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She quitted the room; and her master considerately went towards the window, and stood there turning over the leaves of a pamphlet until she re-entered carrying a tray, upon which were a glass of sherry, a small basin containing something with a savoury smell, and some bread.

'Have you nothing better than that?' he asked.

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