| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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in bed and it was decided to keep him away from school until after dinner because the weather was so very cold and his only pair of boots were so saturated with moisture from having been out in the snow the previous day. `I shall make a few inquiries to see if there's any other work to be had before I buy the cardboard,' said Owen, `although I'm afraid it's not much use.' Just as he was preparing to go out, the front door bell rang, and as he was going down to answer it he saw Bert White coming upstairs. The boy was carrying a flat, brown-paper parcel under his arm. `A corfin plate,' he explained as he arrived at the door. `Wanted at once |
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