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... wonder , that I , Janet Scott , should have been made a subject of conversation between two grown - up people ; that I should be recognised at all , except as one of the children . " I was sur- prised that Mrs. Wilton should have ...
... wonder , that I , Janet Scott , should have been made a subject of conversation between two grown - up people ; that I should be recognised at all , except as one of the children . " I was sur- prised that Mrs. Wilton should have ...
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... wonder I was thrown by those mild reproofs into a state of tumult , which puzzled my poor mother as much as my usual inertness did . Hilary was my best helper in my times of disgrace and woe . We had many a talk over my troubles in the ...
... wonder I was thrown by those mild reproofs into a state of tumult , which puzzled my poor mother as much as my usual inertness did . Hilary was my best helper in my times of disgrace and woe . We had many a talk over my troubles in the ...
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... wonder whether the examiners will know who he is ? I told your father this morning that it was quite his duty to let them know . Surely they would never think of preventing his having a scholarship , which is only worth fifty pounds a ...
... wonder whether the examiners will know who he is ? I told your father this morning that it was quite his duty to let them know . Surely they would never think of preventing his having a scholarship , which is only worth fifty pounds a ...
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... wonder at my goodness and useful- ness . During the last darn , I settled that my per- sonal appearance should prove by no means so plain as my mother and Mrs. Wilton anticipated . Just as I had finished , Nesta , who had been fol ...
... wonder at my goodness and useful- ness . During the last darn , I settled that my per- sonal appearance should prove by no means so plain as my mother and Mrs. Wilton anticipated . Just as I had finished , Nesta , who had been fol ...
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... wonder how I could leave you for so long , when you had such difficult work to do . I ought to have run backwards and forwards between mamma and you , to look after you both . It was so very thought- less of me . I might so easily have ...
... wonder how I could leave you for so long , when you had such difficult work to do . I ought to have run backwards and forwards between mamma and you , to look after you both . It was so very thought- less of me . I might so easily have ...
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