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1 Invited by Miss Rutledge to take seats, the three bowed distantly to one another.
2 She held out her hand, but Eve affected not to observe, and bowed distantly .
3 He was dressed for dinner, and he bowed distantly as the two ladies came in.
4 Murmuring the indispensable banalities I bowed distantly , meaning to observe her impersonally before an encounter.
5 As he caught sight of me, he raised his hat, bowed distantly , and drove off.
6 Mr. Clarence Colfax was likewise on the boat, and passing Stephen on the guards, bowed distantly .
7 She bowed distantly to Eleanor and Theodora and went out, escorted by Arthur, Luke, and her husband.
8 He bowed distantly to Veronica when she entered, but she did not return his bow, though she looked at him fixedly.
9 And presently the inner door opened and Miss Penny came forth demurely, and bowed distantly in the direction of Margaret and Graeme.
10 "I will call for the books I have chosen in an hour;" and then bowed distantly and was gone.
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