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... of a high hill , in an old grey stone castle that had a win- dow for every day of the year in it , which windows looked down like so many watch ful eyes on the straggling little village that cowered down. 169 RULI'S SACRIFICE,
... of a high hill , in an old grey stone castle that had a win- dow for every day of the year in it , which windows looked down like so many watch ful eyes on the straggling little village that cowered down. 169 RULI'S SACRIFICE,
Page 170
... castle , that did not belong to her , and her alone . What wonder , then , when she withheld from the poor and the afflicted the mite they asked her for from out of her vast store of wealth , that they refused to believe that a heart so ...
... castle , that did not belong to her , and her alone . What wonder , then , when she withheld from the poor and the afflicted the mite they asked her for from out of her vast store of wealth , that they refused to believe that a heart so ...
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... castle gate and honestly buy of her steward what they required for firewood ; or she might go the round of the small farms , levying contributions of eggs and poultry from the farmers ' wives , lopping off a corner of land here , and ...
... castle gate and honestly buy of her steward what they required for firewood ; or she might go the round of the small farms , levying contributions of eggs and poultry from the farmers ' wives , lopping off a corner of land here , and ...
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... castle . More than that still - no one wanted to see it ! Each one was quite content to believe all the evil that was said about the old countess and her home , and perhaps he might even add a little of his own . imaginings to swell the ...
... castle . More than that still - no one wanted to see it ! Each one was quite content to believe all the evil that was said about the old countess and her home , and perhaps he might even add a little of his own . imaginings to swell the ...
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... and the castle , in the hope of meeting some passers - by , and obtaining assistance from them . The thought was intolerable . To ask assistance of any one , to be forced to confess to the slightest 180 STARLIGHT STORIES .
... and the castle , in the hope of meeting some passers - by , and obtaining assistance from them . The thought was intolerable . To ask assistance of any one , to be forced to confess to the slightest 180 STARLIGHT STORIES .
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