Dick Cheveley : his adventures and misadventures (1881)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 243
heir instinct telling them thatthey would have their necks wrung if they did so. Myobject was to catch one or two of them, and, disgusting asthe idea would have been at any other time, I determinedif I could to get hold of one forthwith to eat him. I had often grumbled at home of having on a… … The rats run over Fagc 205. UNPLEASANT VISITORS. 205 of food to be lost, and she therefore persuaded my motherto give up the hot rolls which we previously had for break-fast on that day. It was the first of the many reformsintroduced by our respected aunt which didnt endear herto us. The rats…
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