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... wrong time . Colonel Graham now looked up and asked , ' What is it , my little girl ? what amuses you so much ? ' ' I beg pardon , ' said Alda . ' I could not help it ; Philip was so funny . ' ' You had better get something to do ...
... wrong time . Colonel Graham now looked up and asked , ' What is it , my little girl ? what amuses you so much ? ' ' I beg pardon , ' said Alda . ' I could not help it ; Philip was so funny . ' ' You had better get something to do ...
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... wrong . ' ' Papa is not here to hear it ; besides , I don't care whether it is wrong or no , ' said Philip . " What has come to you , Alda ? ' ' It isn't that I care about her , ' said Alda , ' but father looked so stern ; I am sure I ...
... wrong . ' ' Papa is not here to hear it ; besides , I don't care whether it is wrong or no , ' said Philip . " What has come to you , Alda ? ' ' It isn't that I care about her , ' said Alda , ' but father looked so stern ; I am sure I ...
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... wrong . ' It did not occur to her that such a course of action would be paradoxical . It was one of her favourite axioms . Philip congratulated himself thereupon that he had not obeyed his father's order ; but for Alda it mattered ...
... wrong . ' It did not occur to her that such a course of action would be paradoxical . It was one of her favourite axioms . Philip congratulated himself thereupon that he had not obeyed his father's order ; but for Alda it mattered ...
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Emilia Marryat Norris. perceived , by Miss Sinclair's face , that there was something wrong . ' Take a seat , Miss Graham , ' said the lady . Alda did so , and waited for something unpleasant . It came soon enough . ' I have received a ...
Emilia Marryat Norris. perceived , by Miss Sinclair's face , that there was something wrong . ' Take a seat , Miss Graham , ' said the lady . Alda did so , and waited for something unpleasant . It came soon enough . ' I have received a ...
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... wrong , though , Nelly dear , ' said Alda after a pause ; ' because my dear father spoke so gravely , and looked so sad about it . ' ' Oh , Alda , I forgot , ' said volatile Nelly ; ' your papa is come home ! Do tell me all about him ...
... wrong , though , Nelly dear , ' said Alda after a pause ; ' because my dear father spoke so gravely , and looked so sad about it . ' ' Oh , Alda , I forgot , ' said volatile Nelly ; ' your papa is come home ! Do tell me all about him ...
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