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... nanny is involved . Nannies are frequently even more sensitive to , and intolerant of , misdirected generosity than mothers , and when an alphabet arrives for a little girl who is already up to her hocks in ENID BLYTON , or a woolly ...
... nanny is involved . Nannies are frequently even more sensitive to , and intolerant of , misdirected generosity than mothers , and when an alphabet arrives for a little girl who is already up to her hocks in ENID BLYTON , or a woolly ...
Page 133
... get so large that she could not control them herself . No wonder that when she died just before the end of the First World War she was buried with full naval honours . She has them still . NANNY AT THE NET To include " use of tennis 133.
... get so large that she could not control them herself . No wonder that when she died just before the end of the First World War she was buried with full naval honours . She has them still . NANNY AT THE NET To include " use of tennis 133.
Page 135
... Nanny did not really want to win , and this made her an opponent less worthy of our steel than ( for instance ) Uncle Terence , who belonged to something called White's and never missed a trick . Her attitude to outdoor sports was aloof ...
... Nanny did not really want to win , and this made her an opponent less worthy of our steel than ( for instance ) Uncle Terence , who belonged to something called White's and never missed a trick . Her attitude to outdoor sports was aloof ...
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