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... clothes . Of course she was quickly put into bed , and given hot stuff to drink ; and then , to Alda's dismay , the door opened and admitted her grandmother . Whether she had already seen Philip and heard his version of the lake ...
... clothes . Of course she was quickly put into bed , and given hot stuff to drink ; and then , to Alda's dismay , the door opened and admitted her grandmother . Whether she had already seen Philip and heard his version of the lake ...
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... clothes the poor old things should wear , was Mrs. Graham's weak point . She felt she must make a stand against this new state of things , and check everything like ' independence ' in Philip and Alda ; and she had , during the few ...
... clothes the poor old things should wear , was Mrs. Graham's weak point . She felt she must make a stand against this new state of things , and check everything like ' independence ' in Philip and Alda ; and she had , during the few ...
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... clothes had been picked up by a boat a quarter of a mile from Spithead , and had been landed , by his own request , upon the beach a little way beyond the Assembly Rooms . ' And it weren't no business of mine to be asking no questions ...
... clothes had been picked up by a boat a quarter of a mile from Spithead , and had been landed , by his own request , upon the beach a little way beyond the Assembly Rooms . ' And it weren't no business of mine to be asking no questions ...
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... from the clothing club and shoe club , and all the village charities . ' ' It seems hard to make the poor of the village suffer for the conduct of the rector , ' observed Alda . • So you might say with regard to me ,
... from the clothing club and shoe club , and all the village charities . ' ' It seems hard to make the poor of the village suffer for the conduct of the rector , ' observed Alda . • So you might say with regard to me ,
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... ha ! That's a joke , any way , ' and he rubbed his hands together . ' Who's a idiot now , I wonder ? Who wears the shabbiest clothes , I wonder ? Oh , yes ! Master Ned Harding . 261 Phil ! he were always a 260 Alda Graham .
... ha ! That's a joke , any way , ' and he rubbed his hands together . ' Who's a idiot now , I wonder ? Who wears the shabbiest clothes , I wonder ? Oh , yes ! Master Ned Harding . 261 Phil ! he were always a 260 Alda Graham .
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