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... gone . " This was speedily done . In a few minutes the invita- tion was safely consigned to the letter - box , and we knew that in another half - hour the boy would leave it at " Ship Cottage , " as they called their house , on his way ...
... gone . " This was speedily done . In a few minutes the invita- tion was safely consigned to the letter - box , and we knew that in another half - hour the boy would leave it at " Ship Cottage , " as they called their house , on his way ...
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... gone , and there was no good bothering ourselves with what could not be undone . Dora , however , was evidently uneasy , and that night , after we had gone to bed , she could not sleep , but kept turning over and over restlessly ...
... gone , and there was no good bothering ourselves with what could not be undone . Dora , however , was evidently uneasy , and that night , after we had gone to bed , she could not sleep , but kept turning over and over restlessly ...
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... gone quite away home again . We were so disappointed when we found they had all gone in at the back door , and we wished we had locked that too . " After they were all in the house , Bernard said we had better put the key back , because ...
... gone quite away home again . We were so disappointed when we found they had all gone in at the back door , and we wished we had locked that too . " After they were all in the house , Bernard said we had better put the key back , because ...
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... gone if I did not have my favourite " Frolic , " it was so arranged . Frolic and Brownie , Bernard's little pony , preceded us to London by a few days with the coachman Harding , and the pair of carriage horses and the brougham . Aunt ...
... gone if I did not have my favourite " Frolic , " it was so arranged . Frolic and Brownie , Bernard's little pony , preceded us to London by a few days with the coachman Harding , and the pair of carriage horses and the brougham . Aunt ...
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... gone , and her breath taken away with the pace and the fright , had loosened her hold of the pommel ( the reins she had left long before ) , and was falling on to the ground . Harding captured Frolic , who came to a standstill at the ...
... gone , and her breath taken away with the pace and the fright , had loosened her hold of the pommel ( the reins she had left long before ) , and was falling on to the ground . Harding captured Frolic , who came to a standstill at the ...
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