A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and LettersDutton, 1984 - 358 pages |
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Page 83
... feel the need for worship in our English tongue when we are abroad , ' said Miss Pym in a low grave voice . ' And some of us feel even more the need for English novels to read , ' said the gaunt woman .... But now you see my imagination ...
... feel the need for worship in our English tongue when we are abroad , ' said Miss Pym in a low grave voice . ' And some of us feel even more the need for English novels to read , ' said the gaunt woman .... But now you see my imagination ...
Page 85
... feeling as I used to feel when I came back from Oxford and sat waiting on Snowhill station Birmingham , that my whole life seems to be spent sitting on stations all over Europe leaving behind the people I love . Well , Barbara , love is ...
... feeling as I used to feel when I came back from Oxford and sat waiting on Snowhill station Birmingham , that my whole life seems to be spent sitting on stations all over Europe leaving behind the people I love . Well , Barbara , love is ...
Page 172
... feel more and more low , finally saying can't we go to the Fleet Club and be madly gay or something , but it was too late . Still we did go out in the end - drove up to the Monastery in the car . It was too dark to see much , but we ...
... feel more and more low , finally saying can't we go to the Fleet Club and be madly gay or something , but it was too late . Still we did go out in the end - drove up to the Monastery in the car . It was too dark to see much , but we ...
Contents
List of Illustrations vii | 9 |
Preface by Hazel Holt | xiii |
The Early Life by Hilary Pym I | xviii |
Copyright | |
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