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As H. R. H. passed down the line, one Geoffrey Gill, 15, piped: "Please, Sir, mayn't I have your autograph?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Discovering his wife unfaithful, Mr. Sipos says, "I mayn't have an automobile, but I have honor."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Why not? Or mayn’t I ask that, either?”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
She mayn’t have know’d,” added Joe, with an appearance of reflection, “whether it were Joe, or Jorge.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
I hope Uncle Pumblechook’s mare mayn’t have set a forefoot on a piece o’ ice, and gone down.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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