Vulgar words in Nightfall (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 4
damaged goods x 1
damn x 13
fag x 5
knock up x 1
            
make love x 3
            

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You look fagged, darling-- are you?"

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"Not so much fagged as hungry," said Val in his soft voice.

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He raised himself on his arm, crimson with anger, his chest heaving under the thin silken jacket which defined his gaunt ribs--"Sit down, will you, damn you?"

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You'll excuse me now, Lawrence, I can't talk long without getting fagged.

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She believed that Joseph was a sinner but not a willing one: and Jack Bendish, a little astray among these feminine subtleties, assented after his fashion--"Hyde's rather an ass in some ways," he said simply, "but he's an all-round sportsman."

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"Damn your poor old Billy," said Lawrence: "let me look at your arm."

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"Oh, damn Billy!" said Lawrence for the second time.

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I said I couldn't make love to a married woman if I tried, and Fowler said he could but held rather not, and we walked off, but as I remarked to Fowler afterwards the funny thing was that it was true.

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You look fagged, Val," said Bendish affectionately.

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Of course I should like the money and I'm awfully sorry to disoblige Lord Grantchester and Jack, but one has one's limitations, and I don't want to knock up."

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"Oh, damn your common sense!" exclaimed Lawrence.

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"And you're all in it together, damn you!"

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"Oh damn!"

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"You silly ass, I warned you!-- I should rather like to see this Moore play.

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"What an ass I was!

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it was not in him to be faithful: with so much that was generous and gallant, there was this vice of taste in him which had offended her that first morning on the moor and again at night in Laura's garden, and which now led him to make love to her when she was under his protection and while the scent of Mrs. Cleve's flowers still clung to his coat.

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"Oh damn the war!

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and damn England too--what did we go to fight for?

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"Damn Gainsford and damn the fences and damn you."

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Val played on softly: once when he desisted Bernard stirred and muttered something which sounded like "Go on, damn you," a proof that his mind was not far from his body, only the thinnest of veils lying over its terrible activity.

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"You must be fagged out, Val; have you been at the piano all these hours?

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"Is it your own idea that I stayed on at Wanhope to make love to Laura?"

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"Damn the money!" said Lawrence at white heat.

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And quite right too to stand by your sister--the more so that all you Selincourts are as poor as Church rats and naturally don't want your damaged goods back on your hands.

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"You couldn't get a divorce, you ass: you've no case."

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