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... wrong , were never found out ; while she was punished every day . She puzzled it over and over in her head , and finding no solution of the mystery , her ideas of justice were becoming confused . Day after day passed on , and she knew ...
... wrong , were never found out ; while she was punished every day . She puzzled it over and over in her head , and finding no solution of the mystery , her ideas of justice were becoming confused . Day after day passed on , and she knew ...
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... wrong , " said Laura to Julia , " or they would be found out . " " Oh Laura ! but it is so dishonourable , so wicked ! " Laura paused for a minute , and then said , " Well , I don't care I must do it . " Just then one of the governesses ...
... wrong , " said Laura to Julia , " or they would be found out . " " Oh Laura ! but it is so dishonourable , so wicked ! " Laura paused for a minute , and then said , " Well , I don't care I must do it . " Just then one of the governesses ...
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... wrong , it is best that you should be pre- vented from doing it again ? " said Julia . Laura stopped crying , and looked in Julia's inno- cent but troubled little face ; and then , having thought a minute , she said : " But Julia , how ...
... wrong , it is best that you should be pre- vented from doing it again ? " said Julia . Laura stopped crying , and looked in Julia's inno- cent but troubled little face ; and then , having thought a minute , she said : " But Julia , how ...
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... they could be done without being perceived . It was a sort of intuitive naughtiness in their disposi- tions ; for the things they did were seldom very attractive in themselves , neither were they abso- lutely wrong 82 THE FORBIDDEN WALK .
... they could be done without being perceived . It was a sort of intuitive naughtiness in their disposi- tions ; for the things they did were seldom very attractive in themselves , neither were they abso- lutely wrong 82 THE FORBIDDEN WALK .
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Agnes Loudon. attractive in themselves , neither were they abso- lutely wrong ; the wrong consisted in doing what was forbidden . For instance , there was not a girl in the school who did not find great delight in stealing with one or ...
Agnes Loudon. attractive in themselves , neither were they abso- lutely wrong ; the wrong consisted in doing what was forbidden . For instance , there was not a girl in the school who did not find great delight in stealing with one or ...
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