"Lady recommends her Companion-Hosekeeper."--_Morning Paper._
She was not going to risk her own Christmas stocking.
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"It is no easy thing to replace an artist of the quality of Miss
Lily Elsie, who, in spite of the warmth of her reception at His
Majesty's Theatre, recently took so severe a chill that the
doctor would not hear of her playing again for some
time."--_Daily Mail._
The figurative has no chance with the actual.
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