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... looked at her friend . Ah ! I see you do , ' she added , as the doctor hesitated in what way to answer her . ' Theodora , my dear girl , ' said Mr. Morgan , ' I can trust you in this matter . Your poor father himself.
... looked at her friend . Ah ! I see you do , ' she added , as the doctor hesitated in what way to answer her . ' Theodora , my dear girl , ' said Mr. Morgan , ' I can trust you in this matter . Your poor father himself.
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... looked strange to her as , she passed towards her father's bedroom . Georgy ran after her and begged to come with her . It is so dull , Theo , without you , ' he said . ' Brothers won't read to me , and they tease me so , and Ally is so ...
... looked strange to her as , she passed towards her father's bedroom . Georgy ran after her and begged to come with her . It is so dull , Theo , without you , ' he said . ' Brothers won't read to me , and they tease me so , and Ally is so ...
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... looked very slight and small , and as white as a sheet in the moonlight ; and this , when she had held out so long , upset her ; even to herself she looked such a poor little miserable thing , that she burst into tears . Oh , papa papa ...
... looked very slight and small , and as white as a sheet in the moonlight ; and this , when she had held out so long , upset her ; even to herself she looked such a poor little miserable thing , that she burst into tears . Oh , papa papa ...
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... looked right and left , to make sure that no one else was witnessing , and threw himself upon his sister's neck and cried . ' I tell you what , ' said he , when his tears came to so horrid and miserable , I can't tell you . poor father ...
... looked right and left , to make sure that no one else was witnessing , and threw himself upon his sister's neck and cried . ' I tell you what , ' said he , when his tears came to so horrid and miserable , I can't tell you . poor father ...
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... looked upon their scheme as very promising . It was really Theodora's greatest trial in this matter that she thought it necessary to conceal it from her mother , as concealment always is to every candid girl or boy ; but by this time ...
... looked upon their scheme as very promising . It was really Theodora's greatest trial in this matter that she thought it necessary to conceal it from her mother , as concealment always is to every candid girl or boy ; but by this time ...
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