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Author(s): Dickens, Charles
Reader(s): Timson, David
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA899012
Barcode: 9789626349908
Release Date: 09/2009
DICKENS, C.: Dombey and Son (Abridged)
Dombey and Son is vintage Dickens and explores the classic themes of betrayal, cruelty and deceit. The novel follows the fortunes of Dombey, a businessman par excellence, who craves a son to inherit his enterprises. His family, and especially his daughter, the sweet and good-natured Florence, bear the brunt of his frustrations.
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Disc 1
Dickens, Charles - Author
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1 | Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room… | 05:59 |
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2 | 'Mrs. Chick?' said a very bland female voice… | 03:42 |
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3 | 'I am sorry to say, Louisa…' | 02:39 |
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4 | 'I shall never cease to congratulate myself,'… | 05:41 |
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5 | 'My good woman,' said Mr. Dombey… | 05:11 |
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6 | 'I never saw such a melting thing in all my life!' | 04:44 |
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7 | Next night, she found him walking… | 04:33 |
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8 | The offices of Dombey and Son were within the liberties… | 05:38 |
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9 | 'And now,' he said… | 04:31 |
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10 | Solomon Gills rubbed his hands… | 05:33 |
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11 | 'So that Paul's infancy and childhood…' | 04:42 |
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12 | It happened to be an iron-grey autumnal day. | 04:58 |
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13 | 'I am very glad to see you have so much feeling…' | 05:00 |
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14 | 'Look! there's a pretty little lady come to see you,'… | 04:54 |
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15 | The old woman took her by the wrist… | 06:00 |
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16 | In hurriedly putting on the bonnet… | 04:49 |
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Disc 2
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1 | Obedient to the indication of Mr. Clerks hand… | 05:09 |
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2 | 'Let the servants know that no further steps…' | 04:24 |
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3 | Miss Tox inhabited a dark little house… | 04:30 |
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4 | It was on the very next day… | 04:55 |
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5 | On one of these occasions… | 04:32 |
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6 | Mrs. Chick and Miss Tox… | 05:35 |
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7 | At about noon Mrs. Pipchin… | 05:10 |
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8 | That spice of romance and love of the marvellous… | 05:05 |
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9 | 'Captain Cuttle's at home, I know,' said Walter | 04:55 |
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10 | Major Bagstock, after long and frequent observation… | 05:36 |
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11 | But Mr. Dombey, without attending to what he said… | 05:57 |
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12 | Mrs. Pipchin had kept watch and ward over little Paul… | 04:56 |
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13 | Upon the Doctor's doorsteps one day Paul stood… | 04:33 |
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14 | 'I shall see you soon, Paul…' | 04:53 |
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15 | At eight o'clock or so, the gong sounded again… | 04:20 |
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16 | 'Oh Saturdays! Oh happy Saturdays…' | 03:19 |
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Disc 3
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1 | Such spirits as he had in the outset… | 05:02 |
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2 | 'Talking of Morfin,' resumed Mr. Carker… | 05:21 |
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3 | 'It is of no service to me,' said the brother. | 05:57 |
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4 | Paul, pocketing his invitation, sat down on a stool… | 04:55 |
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5 | Paul now slipped away… | 04:43 |
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6 | Once, for a last look, he turned and gazed… | 05:40 |
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7 | The Captain, however, scarcely appeared to relish… | 05:14 |
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8 | Greatly moved by what he heard… | 04:27 |
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9 | He was visited by as many as three grave doctors. | 05:25 |
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10 | Captain Cuttle, in the exercise of that surprising talent… | 05:19 |
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11 | At first, when the house subsided… | 05:24 |
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12 | Did he see before him the successful rival… | 04:56 |
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13 | 'Oh but Walter,' said Florence. | 04:12 |
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14 | 'Mr. Dombey, Sir,' saiD Major Bagstock… | 04:48 |
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15 | During the bustle of preparation at the railway… | 02:44 |
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16 | There was a face - he had looked upon it… | 03:41 |
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Disc 4
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1 | ThE Major and Mr. Dombey were walking arm-in-arm… | 03:05 |
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2 | The discrepancy between Mrs. Skewton's… | 03:25 |
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3 | On the next day but one, Mr. Dombey and thE Major… | 02:23 |
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4 | Mr. Carker the Manager sat at his desk… | 05:01 |
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5 | 'Ain't you a thief?' said Mr. Carker… | 04:45 |
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6 | 'Now, boy!' said Mr. Carker… | 01:49 |
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7 | Florence lived alone in the great dreary house… | 04:36 |
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8 | Arriving in good time abreast of the wooden… | 04:20 |
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9 | The Captain in his own apartment was sitting… | 05:07 |
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10 | 'Bunsby,' said the Captain, striking home at once… | 04:15 |
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11 | The voice here went out of the back parlour… | 02:02 |
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12 | Sir Barnet and Lady Skettles, very good people… | 04:17 |
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13 | Captain Cuttle, though no sluggard… | 04:43 |
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14 | On mature consideration of this evidence… | 03:13 |
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15 | 'Your most obedient, Sir,' said thE Major. | 02:05 |
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16 | 'You must have found the gentleman a great resource,' said Carker… | 04:59 |
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17 | 'Bluntness, Ma'am,' returned thE Major… | 03:18 |
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18 | 'Major Bagstock, my darling Edith,' drawled her mother… | 03:44 |
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19 | Mr. Carker the Manager rose with the lark… | 03:45 |
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20 | Mr. Carker laughed, and turned upon his heel. | 02:51 |
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21 | Mr. Dombey having nothing else to say… | 03:14 |
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Disc 5
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1 | Mr. Dombey, who had taken a stately leave… | 05:19 |
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2 | 'This is an attack, I suppose,' returned her mother… | 05:01 |
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3 | Florence descended from the coach… | 05:19 |
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4 | Florence was, one day, sitting reading in her room… | 05:07 |
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5 | 'My dear Dombey,' said Cleopatra… | 04:54 |
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6 | Dawn with its passionless blank face… | 04:23 |
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7 | So, from that day forward, for better for worse… | 04:50 |
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8 | The Captain got safe home again… | 05:53 |
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9 | The Captain glanced at the newspaper… | 05:01 |
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10 | Near to where the busy great north road… | 05:04 |
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11 | She was now opposite the house… | 04:57 |
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12 | If Florence could have stood within the room… | 05:02 |
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13 | 'Whose child?' | 05:12 |
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14 | The dark blot on the street is gone. | 01:46 |
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15 | Florence had come down to the hall… | 01:48 |
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Disc 6
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1 | But dinner was announced, and Mr. Dombey… | 05:19 |
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2 | It was his wife's. She had exchanged her dinner dress… | 05:40 |
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3 | 'Mrs. Dombey,' said Mr. Dombey, advancing… | 05:27 |
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4 | They took her to pieces in very shame… | 02:30 |
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5 | Time, sure of foot and strong of will… | 05:33 |
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6 | Mr. Bunsby, who had a musical ear… | 05:49 |
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7 | To the moody, stubborn, sullen demon… | 04:06 |
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8 | 'And now,' he thought, rising in his moral magnificence… | 05:49 |
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9 | They had now come up. | 04:02 |
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10 | All is going on as it was wont. | 02:20 |
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11 | A shadow even on that shadowed face… | 04:23 |
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12 | Mr. Carker nodded. 'Take care, then!' | 05:52 |
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13 | 'You know,' said Mr. Carker… | 04:42 |
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14 | Mr. Carker signified his understanding… | 05:32 |
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15 | Florence, long since awakened from her dream… | 05:36 |
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16 | With the day, though not so early as the sun… | 05:31 |
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Disc 7
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1 | Susan then bestirred herself to get her trunks in order… | 04:49 |
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2 | Arrived at her own door, she was alighting… | 04:36 |
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3 | 'It is growing late,' said Carker, after a pause… | 05:05 |
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4 | 'See where he goes!' cried one of these two women… | 05:34 |
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5 | Florence loved him still, but, by degrees… | 04:58 |
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6 | 'Tell your sovereign master, Sir,' said Edith… | 05:04 |
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7 | When the evening had set in… | 05:12 |
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8 | She did not sink down at his feet… | 03:59 |
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9 | 'Oh, Captain Cuttle!' cried Florence… | 02:38 |
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10 | 'How de do, Captain Gills?' said a voice beside him… | 03:57 |
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11 | It was long before Florence awoke. | 04:58 |
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12 | 'He was older than you, my lady lass,' pursued the Captain… | 04:07 |
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13 | She had no thought of him but as a brother… | 04:33 |
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14 | There was an empty room above-stairs… | 04:32 |
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15 | 'Thank you, heartily,' said Walter. | 05:00 |
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16 | She raised her head, and spoke to him… | 01:21 |
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17 | What is the proud man doing, while the days go by? | 01:09 |
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Disc 8
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1 | At the Counting House, the clerks discuss… | 05:18 |
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2 | 'Oh, for goodness' sake, Misses Brown… | 05:18 |
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3 | There were two of the traitor's own blood… | 04:56 |
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4 | The time - an hour short of midnight… | 04:29 |
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5 | They both stood looking at each other. | 05:23 |
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6 | 'All stratagems in love—' he interrupted, smiling. | 05:39 |
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7 | The lamps, gleaming on the medley of horses' heads… | 04:59 |
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8 | Unable to rest, and irresistibly attracted… | 04:32 |
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9 | The Midshipman was all alive. | 05:34 |
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10 | From that time, Miss Nipper never returned… | 04:06 |
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11 | Although I have heard something of the changes… | 06:00 |
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12 | And what are the young couple saying… | 04:20 |
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13 | Solomon puts back the letter carefully… | 04:48 |
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14 | Harriet Carker left her house, and entered… | 03:46 |
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15 | The old woman, whose wits appeared disorderly… | 04:31 |
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Disc 9
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1 | Changes have come again upon the great house… | 04:49 |
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2 | In the dusk of the evening Mr. Toodle, being off duty… | 04:03 |
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3 | 'And the ruined man. How does he pass the hours, alone?' | 04:02 |
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4 | When the day broke he was shut up in his rooms again. | 05:43 |
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5 | The grand half-yearly festival holden by Doctor… | 05:18 |
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6 | Mr. and Mrs. Toots withdrew to the Bedford. | 02:45 |
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7 | This awful demonstration… | 03:33 |
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8 | All this time, the Captain could not but observe… | 04:10 |
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9 | Florence had need of help. | 05:33 |
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10 | It chanced one evening, towards sunset… | 04:14 |
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11 | Their ride was six or eight miles long. | 04:08 |
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12 | Edith, breaking her silence, without moving eye or limb… | 05:58 |
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13 | 'Oh Mama!' said Florence. | 04:39 |
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14 | And how goes the wooden Midshipman…? | 04:47 |
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15 | The Captain approves of this figure greatly… | 03:37 |
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16 | Mr. Toots, with the assistance of his pipe… | 03:50 |
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Total Playing Time: 11:15:15