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... silent , she crouched down on the rug at my feet , and satisfied herself by lifting up her hand and every now and then softly stroking mine . Though not much more than a year younger than I was , she was a very much smaller child , and ...
... silent , she crouched down on the rug at my feet , and satisfied herself by lifting up her hand and every now and then softly stroking mine . Though not much more than a year younger than I was , she was a very much smaller child , and ...
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... silence and constraint of these evenings made us , perhaps , enjoy all the more the liberty which my mother accorded to us when my father was away at the lecture , and we children were left to her guidance . A great deal of talk went on ...
... silence and constraint of these evenings made us , perhaps , enjoy all the more the liberty which my mother accorded to us when my father was away at the lecture , and we children were left to her guidance . A great deal of talk went on ...
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... silent . Charlie , who was trembling so that he could hardly stand , sat down , and dropped his face in his hands . We none of us knew what to say to him ; we could not congratulate him ; and yet , after my father's reproof , we dare ...
... silent . Charlie , who was trembling so that he could hardly stand , sat down , and dropped his face in his hands . We none of us knew what to say to him ; we could not congratulate him ; and yet , after my father's reproof , we dare ...
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... son of the house , and my mother clung to him as she had never clung to any one before ; finding , in her silent , cold- mannered eldest son , the support she had so long wanted - a person she could lean upon , and 50 JANET'S HOME .
... son of the house , and my mother clung to him as she had never clung to any one before ; finding , in her silent , cold- mannered eldest son , the support she had so long wanted - a person she could lean upon , and 50 JANET'S HOME .
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... silent , he seemed to know that I understood him better than the others ; for when they hesitated or mistook his meaning , he just turned to me expecting an answer . If you had seen the sort of smile on his face , Janet , you would know ...
... silent , he seemed to know that I understood him better than the others ; for when they hesitated or mistook his meaning , he just turned to me expecting an answer . If you had seen the sort of smile on his face , Janet , you would know ...
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