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Page 88
... wonder ! Ellen could not get her boots half on , they had so shrunk with the wetting . Mary could neither get the mud off her mantilla , nor the stickiness off her gloves ; which latter were stained in a 88 THE FORBIDDEN WALK .
... wonder ! Ellen could not get her boots half on , they had so shrunk with the wetting . Mary could neither get the mud off her mantilla , nor the stickiness off her gloves ; which latter were stained in a 88 THE FORBIDDEN WALK .
Page 91
... wonder why it is . " 66 Why , " said Ellen , " I suppose it is because they wouldn't let us go to the confirmation ; and yet we're doing this in spite of them , though they wouldn't let us if they saw us . " Then both little girls took ...
... wonder why it is . " 66 Why , " said Ellen , " I suppose it is because they wouldn't let us go to the confirmation ; and yet we're doing this in spite of them , though they wouldn't let us if they saw us . " Then both little girls took ...
Page 109
... wonder then , when this was the secret pain of her life , that she felt the deepest sympathy with May : no wonder that she shed tears for her , and that her heart beat high as she thought of Augusta's cruel thoughtlessness , as it was ...
... wonder then , when this was the secret pain of her life , that she felt the deepest sympathy with May : no wonder that she shed tears for her , and that her heart beat high as she thought of Augusta's cruel thoughtlessness , as it was ...
Page 120
... wonder you can't see any ; moss - roses are such very common flowers . But I suppose they must have been all gathered . " Augusta's face flushed as she said this , for she knew the truth was that she would not have had the flower if she ...
... wonder you can't see any ; moss - roses are such very common flowers . But I suppose they must have been all gathered . " Augusta's face flushed as she said this , for she knew the truth was that she would not have had the flower if she ...
Page 123
... wonder that everybody loved her ; and that the girls used to say that Mrs. Vance was always kinder after the birthday , owing to the cheering effect of Edith's goodness . This , however , was rather a poetical embellishment , as few ...
... wonder that everybody loved her ; and that the girls used to say that Mrs. Vance was always kinder after the birthday , owing to the cheering effect of Edith's goodness . This , however , was rather a poetical embellishment , as few ...
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