Now and then he cast a weather-eye on the heavens, and was soon confirmed in an opinion he had repeatedly ejaculated, that 'the first night's camping would be a Drencher.
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George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
However, you did right in stopping-I'll own-a piece of folly, and shutting the mouths of those two; though it caused me to come in for a regular Drencher.
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George Meredith
Well, the race was run that year in a thunderstorm-a Drencher; and if Foe was right, I guess that finished Gouvernant, who never looked like a winner.
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