From the Angle of Seventeen
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By Eden Phillpotts 12 Sep, 2020
When the Doctor sent for me to his study, I hoped it was about the fireworks, because I was head boy that term, and, in a great position like that, there were advantages to make up for the anxiety. You bossed the fireworks on the fifth of November an ... Read more
When the Doctor sent for me to his study, I hoped it was about the fireworks, because I was head boy that term, and, in a great position like that, there were advantages to make up for the anxiety. You bossed the fireworks on the fifth of November and many other such-like things. But the Doctor had nothing to say about fireworks. In fact, a critical moment had come in my fife: I was to leave. "Sit down, Corkey," said the Doctor; and that in itself was a startler, because he never asked anybody to sit down except parents or guardians. Less
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Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet, and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer ...
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