_Manager_. "ALL RIGHT--ALL RIGHT! I SUPPOSE YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO POP DOWN THE EUPHONIUM IF THERE'S AN AIR-RAID."]

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TITLE AND HALF-TITLE PAGES.

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"AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

[printed upside down: "MILITARY DICTATORSHIP"] "EXPECTED."--_Egyptian
Daily Mail_.

It looks as if the expectation has been upset.

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"The defendant expressed regret that having misunderstood a