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... captain in the merchant service , and his sister , a very jovial , good - natured man , with a sort of " hail ... captain put in us . This intimacy with Captain and Miss Dacre was just one of the things that Aunt Mildred was most anxious ...
... captain in the merchant service , and his sister , a very jovial , good - natured man , with a sort of " hail ... captain put in us . This intimacy with Captain and Miss Dacre was just one of the things that Aunt Mildred was most anxious ...
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... captain . " " Captain , indeed , " sneered Aunt Mildred , " a retired merchantman ; and then that odious sister ! why , the last time she came to call here , she had on a blue silk dress , an Indian scarf that I suppose she had taken ...
... captain . " " Captain , indeed , " sneered Aunt Mildred , " a retired merchantman ; and then that odious sister ! why , the last time she came to call here , she had on a blue silk dress , an Indian scarf that I suppose she had taken ...
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... Captain and Miss Dacre's company to dinner , on the 15th inst . , at half - past seven . " The card being printed , we had only the names and date to fill in , so that there was not much chance of any one suspecting the trick . " and it ...
... Captain and Miss Dacre's company to dinner , on the 15th inst . , at half - past seven . " The card being printed , we had only the names and date to fill in , so that there was not much chance of any one suspecting the trick . " and it ...
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... Captain and Miss Dacre ; they will think Aunt Mildred wants them , and you know she does not at all . " " I wish you would think of all these kind of things before , Dora , " I reply impatiently . " You do the things , and then you go ...
... Captain and Miss Dacre ; they will think Aunt Mildred wants them , and you know she does not at all . " " I wish you would think of all these kind of things before , Dora , " I reply impatiently . " You do the things , and then you go ...
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... Captain and I thank you most heartily for your kind invitation to dinner to- morrow evening , which we have much pleasure in accept- ing . Believe me , yours very sincerely , ANNA DACRE . " P.S. - Please tell the dear girls , with my ...
... Captain and I thank you most heartily for your kind invitation to dinner to- morrow evening , which we have much pleasure in accept- ing . Believe me , yours very sincerely , ANNA DACRE . " P.S. - Please tell the dear girls , with my ...
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