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... dear untidy household to her disdain ; but that October Sunday walk by the river was worth it all - worth infinitely more than the July walk ; and they both declared it gave them strength . Wilmet returned in time for Monday's school ...
... dear untidy household to her disdain ; but that October Sunday walk by the river was worth it all - worth infinitely more than the July walk ; and they both declared it gave them strength . Wilmet returned in time for Monday's school ...
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... dear . - Where is he ? You'll let me see him . - What , Lance ! I've not seen you since I found you up a tree ! ' The cousinly cordiality was pleasant , and her patronage was not coarse , like her mother's ; but there was a certain ...
... dear . - Where is he ? You'll let me see him . - What , Lance ! I've not seen you since I found you up a tree ! ' The cousinly cordiality was pleasant , and her patronage was not coarse , like her mother's ; but there was a certain ...
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... dear Angel , don't you see that I am just as anxious about you as Wilmet can be ? and when there is plainly something amiss- ' Oh , it's old Ful and Fen's character of me , then ? ' " 6 It is , Angela . Perhaps it does seem taking an ...
... dear Angel , don't you see that I am just as anxious about you as Wilmet can be ? and when there is plainly something amiss- ' Oh , it's old Ful and Fen's character of me , then ? ' " 6 It is , Angela . Perhaps it does seem taking an ...
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... dear Angel , ' and Felix's eyes grew soft too , ' I could not wish anything better for you than to be such another as Sister Constance , but I do not know how you could be dedicated . Even Clement is not ; he could change his mind ...
... dear Angel , ' and Felix's eyes grew soft too , ' I could not wish anything better for you than to be such another as Sister Constance , but I do not know how you could be dedicated . Even Clement is not ; he could change his mind ...
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... dear Felix this evening , and I will keep the others away . ' This ordinance was carried out , but with no result as to con- versation ; for Felix's distress took the form of great tenderness as to the manner in which the blow was to ...
... dear Felix this evening , and I will keep the others away . ' This ordinance was carried out , but with no result as to con- versation ; for Felix's distress took the form of great tenderness as to the manner in which the blow was to ...
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