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Lawford had soundlessly stolen a pace or two nearer, and by stopping forward he could, each in turn, scrutinize the little intent company sitting over his story around the lamp at the further end of the table; squatting like little children with their twigs and pins, fishing for wonders on the brink of the unknown.

Lawford had soundlessly stolen a pace or two nearer, and by stopping forward he could, each in turn, scrutinize the little intent company sitting over his story around the lamp at the further end of the table; squatting like little children with their twigs and pins, fishing for wonders on the brink of the unknown.

Approximate author period: c. 1914 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Walter de la Mare
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1914 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Walter de la Mare, based on documented lifetime 1873 to 1956. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q981086 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q981086 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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