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Presuming it to be a private passenger bus, the 23-year-old woman reportedly boarded the bus with a male friend at 9:15 p.m.

I am ready Madam,—for I have sufficiently experienced the folly of my presuming to decline it.

Are you presuming to make fun of this situation, Mr. Dunham?

Meantime, you will consult your own safety by letting him alone, and never presuming to repeat the scene of this morning.

You are presuming to speak of an act of insubordination committed by a military officer under civilian command.

On entering the parlour she found her letter, and eagerly seized it, presuming that it had escaped detection.