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... Colonel Treveryan left England the old man opened a quarry which was going to make all their fortunes . It failed of course , after a considerable sum had been sunk in getting out stone and constructing a tram- way . The place was ...
... Colonel Treveryan left England the old man opened a quarry which was going to make all their fortunes . It failed of course , after a considerable sum had been sunk in getting out stone and constructing a tram- way . The place was ...
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... Colonel Treveryan came he found things even worse than he had feared . How his father had succeeded in raising such sums of money he could not understand . One thing was clear , that with the utmost efforts , by letting the house and ...
... Colonel Treveryan came he found things even worse than he had feared . How his father had succeeded in raising such sums of money he could not understand . One thing was clear , that with the utmost efforts , by letting the house and ...
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... Colonel Treveryan went back to his work in India , and his sister took Helen abroad . France and Germany were locked in their death - struggle , so Helen and her aunt went first to Italy , where they spent a very pleasant year . A ...
... Colonel Treveryan went back to his work in India , and his sister took Helen abroad . France and Germany were locked in their death - struggle , so Helen and her aunt went first to Italy , where they spent a very pleasant year . A ...
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... Colonel Treveryan was now in a prominent position , and she had to manage his house for him . It was difficult work at first , while everything was strange to her ; but she soon learnt enough Hindustani to make herself understood by the ...
... Colonel Treveryan was now in a prominent position , and she had to manage his house for him . It was difficult work at first , while everything was strange to her ; but she soon learnt enough Hindustani to make herself understood by the ...
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... Colonel Treveryan's house was every- thing it should have been ; and her presence had brightened his life to an extent which he could never have believed possible . People said he had grown young again . She was very happy too . Her ...
... Colonel Treveryan's house was every- thing it should have been ; and her presence had brightened his life to an extent which he could never have believed possible . People said he had grown young again . She was very happy too . Her ...
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