| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1676 |
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as well.' They were in the sitting-room and the door was shut. Mrs Owen was in the next room with Ruth . While the two men were talking the front-door bell was heard to ring and Frankie ran out to see who it was, closing the door after him. Barrington and Owen continued their conversation, and from time to time they could hear a low murmur of voices from the adjoining room. After a little while they heard some one go out by the front door, and almost immediately afterward Frankie - wild with excitement, burst into the room, crying out: `Dad and Mr Barrington! Three cheers!' And he began capering gleefully about the room, evidently transported with joy. `What are the cheers to be for?' inquired Barrington, rather mystified by this extraordinary conduct. |
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