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1  He said they would pick her up.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
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2  She drew on her gloves, and Robert picked up his hat.
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3  When alone she sometimes picked it up and kissed the cold glass passionately.
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4  She went on picking the leaves and digging around the plants with her hat pin.
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5  But as that lady had not been apprised of his intention of picking her up, she was not at home.
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6  And there she stayed, and stooped, digging around the plants, trimming, picking dead, dry leaves.
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7  The window frame was filled with pots of flowers, and she sat and picked the dry leaves from a rose geranium.
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8  She was growing interested in her occupation of picking out the aria, when there was a second rap at the door.
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9  "You used to carry your tobacco in a rubber pouch," said Edna, picking up the pouch and examining the needlework.
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10  She had forced herself to eat most of her soup, and now she was picking the flaky bits of a court bouillon with her fork.
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11  Edna seated herself at the piano, and softly picked out with one hand the bars of a piece of music which lay open before her.
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12  They went together, picking their way across muddy streets and sidewalks encumbered with the cheap display of small tradesmen.
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13  She stood on the front veranda as he quitted the house, and absently picked a few sprays of jessamine that grew upon a trellis near by.
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14  If one of the little Pontellier boys took a tumble whilst at play, he was not apt to rush crying to his mother's arms for comfort; he would more likely pick himself up, wipe the water out of his eyes and the sand out of his mouth, and go on playing.
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