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... answer to Philip's question . Of course it has , ' repeated the old man ; and at the repetition both the children and John laughed , as in duty bound . The old man hurried back into the dining - room , followed by John , and the ...
... answer to Philip's question . Of course it has , ' repeated the old man ; and at the repetition both the children and John laughed , as in duty bound . The old man hurried back into the dining - room , followed by John , and the ...
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... why he had been in the nursery , he had not the straightforwardness to say he had not been there , but let the matter rest with an indistinct murmured answer ; so that his grand- mother returned- B ' There ! you had better take a book to.
... why he had been in the nursery , he had not the straightforwardness to say he had not been there , but let the matter rest with an indistinct murmured answer ; so that his grand- mother returned- B ' There ! you had better take a book to.
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... answered he . ' I cannot understand the meaning of some things in this book . ' ' Bring it here , my dear , ' said Mrs. Graham shortly . Philip brought it . He was naturally an impudent boy ; and he stood close up to his grandmother and ...
... answered he . ' I cannot understand the meaning of some things in this book . ' ' Bring it here , my dear , ' said Mrs. Graham shortly . Philip brought it . He was naturally an impudent boy ; and he stood close up to his grandmother and ...
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... answer , partly for fear , partly for grief ; and her grandmother repeated her order about the nursery . It seemed very strange to Mr. Avenel , and to the two or three others who were in the room , that Mrs. Graham should not have ...
... answer , partly for fear , partly for grief ; and her grandmother repeated her order about the nursery . It seemed very strange to Mr. Avenel , and to the two or three others who were in the room , that Mrs. Graham should not have ...
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... answered she , in the same low voice as he had spoken to her . ' Alda , ' said Mrs. Graham in a sharper voice than before , and kicking her leg now furiously , so that at each kick her dress and petticoats were jerked out and fluttered ...
... answered she , in the same low voice as he had spoken to her . ' Alda , ' said Mrs. Graham in a sharper voice than before , and kicking her leg now furiously , so that at each kick her dress and petticoats were jerked out and fluttered ...
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