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... ready to receive them ; she was an old lady of eighty - five , very thin and little , but though so old , she evidently had been very pretty . She wore her own hair , which was almost white , under a very plain cap , and looked ...
... ready to receive them ; she was an old lady of eighty - five , very thin and little , but though so old , she evidently had been very pretty . She wore her own hair , which was almost white , under a very plain cap , and looked ...
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... was very early , and she must have another nap . Agnes Agnes ran down stairs when she was dressed , and played on the grass till Miss Horton was ready , and Agnes & Caroline Page 71 . then they both went 10 COUNTRY PLEASURES .
... was very early , and she must have another nap . Agnes Agnes ran down stairs when she was dressed , and played on the grass till Miss Horton was ready , and Agnes & Caroline Page 71 . then they both went 10 COUNTRY PLEASURES .
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... ready ; and her walk having made her hungry , she very much enjoyed her bread and milk - real country milk , how differ- ent from the London milk she was used to ! When they had nearly done breakfast Caro- line appeared , and her heavy ...
... ready ; and her walk having made her hungry , she very much enjoyed her bread and milk - real country milk , how differ- ent from the London milk she was used to ! When they had nearly done breakfast Caro- line appeared , and her heavy ...
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... into Agnes ' pleasure , and was interested in all she had to tell her . It was this interest , ever awake and ever ready , that endeared Miss Horton to с Agnes . Everything that interested the child interested her ; SPRING . 17.
... into Agnes ' pleasure , and was interested in all she had to tell her . It was this interest , ever awake and ever ready , that endeared Miss Horton to с Agnes . Everything that interested the child interested her ; SPRING . 17.
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... ready for it , for her walk had given her a famous appetite . After dinner she looked wistfully at her aunt , anxious to hear about the seeds , but not liking to be troublesome . Miss Mitchell , never forgetting what would give other ...
... ready for it , for her walk had given her a famous appetite . After dinner she looked wistfully at her aunt , anxious to hear about the seeds , but not liking to be troublesome . Miss Mitchell , never forgetting what would give other ...
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