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I am leaping to the end, before the end has come.

From A Heroine of France by Everett-Green, Evelyn

I know, but I have to hurry here; this is the broken back of my story; some business briefly transacted, I am leaping for Barbara's apron-strings.

From Vailima Letters by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I know, but I have to hurry here; this is the broken back of my story; some business briefly transacted, I am leaping for Barbara’s apron-strings.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew