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be closeted with



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I chafed at it, for I wished to be closeted with him myself.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

Are you to be closeted with them, and sup with them, and sit with them, while I eat my heart out outside?

From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John

Of the doctor he saw but little: he never came to Greshamsbury unless to see Lady Arabella as doctor, or to be closeted with the squire.

From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony

Merton had engaged a withdrawing room, where he meant to be closeted with his guests, one by one, administer the oath, and prosecute delicate inquiries on the important question of immunity from infection. 

From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew

What she was working for was time—time for her father to come, time to be closeted with St. Vincent and learn all the details of what really had occurred.

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack




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