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... story you ! ' Alice was going to put her threat in execution , by rushing to her father's room , when Theodora stopped her . ' If you are both very good children , and don't quarrel , you shall both of you go to Mrs. Hailes ' , and stop ...
... story you ! ' Alice was going to put her threat in execution , by rushing to her father's room , when Theodora stopped her . ' If you are both very good children , and don't quarrel , you shall both of you go to Mrs. Hailes ' , and stop ...
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... your place . ' And she waved her hand to- wards a high desk , similar to the one at which she was herself seated . Dim recollections of stories of boarding - schools floated before the mind of Theodora as she sat down behind.
... your place . ' And she waved her hand to- wards a high desk , similar to the one at which she was herself seated . Dim recollections of stories of boarding - schools floated before the mind of Theodora as she sat down behind.
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... story - teller ! ' ' Indeed I should be greatly surprised and grieved if I thought that you , Miss Howard , could ... stories , but she did for all that ; and she is not the only one neither who thinks you are a toady . I know all the ...
... story - teller ! ' ' Indeed I should be greatly surprised and grieved if I thought that you , Miss Howard , could ... stories , but she did for all that ; and she is not the only one neither who thinks you are a toady . I know all the ...
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... story that Howard told to get out of a scrape ? I know she has called Miss Terry a toady - I have heard her do it again and again , and imitate her " hm - m - m - m " when she speaks to Mrs. Toogood . ' ' Then why did not you say so ...
... story that Howard told to get out of a scrape ? I know she has called Miss Terry a toady - I have heard her do it again and again , and imitate her " hm - m - m - m " when she speaks to Mrs. Toogood . ' ' Then why did not you say so ...
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... story - book which Sarah Hawkhurst was reading aloud , for her brows were knit , and her thoughts seemed far away . I have been thinking a great deal , ' commenced Florence Leigh , about the state of this school . Do you know that I ...
... story - book which Sarah Hawkhurst was reading aloud , for her brows were knit , and her thoughts seemed far away . I have been thinking a great deal , ' commenced Florence Leigh , about the state of this school . Do you know that I ...
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