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... rence saves his life - Arrival at Spithead - The man over- board - George Laurence's unsuccessful search - He visits Brindham - Mrs . Graham's dislike to the army , CHAPTER XXV . • Alda pays a visit to Mr. Avenel the rector - He sets ...
... rence saves his life - Arrival at Spithead - The man over- board - George Laurence's unsuccessful search - He visits Brindham - Mrs . Graham's dislike to the army , CHAPTER XXV . • Alda pays a visit to Mr. Avenel the rector - He sets ...
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... rence comforts Alda . 145 He is in the army , you know , da sadly , ' but he is an officer . ' at is your brother Philip in ? ' asked suddenly . Tow extraordinary ! it is the same rge's . Alda , they will know each e friends . ' I w can ...
... rence comforts Alda . 145 He is in the army , you know , da sadly , ' but he is an officer . ' at is your brother Philip in ? ' asked suddenly . Tow extraordinary ! it is the same rge's . Alda , they will know each e friends . ' I w can ...
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... rence tries ineffectually to make friends with him - Their con- versation The Captain is repulsed , and suspects who John Smithson is . N ' ELLY LAURENCE did not forget her interest in Philip Graham . Her next letter to her brother ...
... rence tries ineffectually to make friends with him - Their con- versation The Captain is repulsed , and suspects who John Smithson is . N ' ELLY LAURENCE did not forget her interest in Philip Graham . Her next letter to her brother ...
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... rence passed through the barrack - yard , his ears were caught by a sudden oath ; and looking sharply round to see from whom the forbidden expression came , he noticed that there stood together two or three soldiers , -two of them known ...
... rence passed through the barrack - yard , his ears were caught by a sudden oath ; and looking sharply round to see from whom the forbidden expression came , he noticed that there stood together two or three soldiers , -two of them known ...
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... rence , indicating the free and easy recruit . ' Newly joined , sir , ' answered Saunders . ' Listed a week before we left England name , John Smithson . ' Captain Laurence looked at the man for a second or two ; then he said gravely ...
... rence , indicating the free and easy recruit . ' Newly joined , sir , ' answered Saunders . ' Listed a week before we left England name , John Smithson . ' Captain Laurence looked at the man for a second or two ; then he said gravely ...
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