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... sorry . She was indeed grieved to part from her mother , of whom she was very fond ; but a child's ideas of time and space are so indefinite , that she thought they should soon meet again ; and as a 2 LAURA MERVILLE .
... sorry . She was indeed grieved to part from her mother , of whom she was very fond ; but a child's ideas of time and space are so indefinite , that she thought they should soon meet again ; and as a 2 LAURA MERVILLE .
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... mother fully comprehended the extent of the sacrifice she had made . Mrs. Cecil , the lady under whose care Laura was placed , was a stranger to the Mervilles . She had resided in a remote part of the country , and both she and her ...
... mother fully comprehended the extent of the sacrifice she had made . Mrs. Cecil , the lady under whose care Laura was placed , was a stranger to the Mervilles . She had resided in a remote part of the country , and both she and her ...
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... rang the bell to summon her eldest daughter . Miss Somers was a lady of a certain age , as it is called , though no age could be more uncertain , as no one knew it but her mother and herself . She was tall , thin , 6 LAURA MERVILLE .
... rang the bell to summon her eldest daughter . Miss Somers was a lady of a certain age , as it is called , though no age could be more uncertain , as no one knew it but her mother and herself . She was tall , thin , 6 LAURA MERVILLE .
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Agnes Loudon. mother and herself . She was tall , thin , and up- right , with a degree of formality in her manner that made poor Laura shudder . The necessary preliminaries were talked over , and before they had finished arranging them ...
Agnes Loudon. mother and herself . She was tall , thin , and up- right , with a degree of formality in her manner that made poor Laura shudder . The necessary preliminaries were talked over , and before they had finished arranging them ...
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... mother . She smiled at the anxious look which Laura involuntarily cast on her face , and , taking the little girl's hand to lead her over the house , said she hoped they should be good friends . Laura's heart bounded at the word ...
... mother . She smiled at the anxious look which Laura involuntarily cast on her face , and , taking the little girl's hand to lead her over the house , said she hoped they should be good friends . Laura's heart bounded at the word ...
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