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... GREEN AND HER GHOST - STORY . V. MAUD'S ADVENTURE VI . THE GIPSY PARTY AT THE KITCOTE VII . A BIRTHDAY • VIII . LABOURS OF LOVE IX . THE LOSS OF AN OLD FRIEND X. A FAMILY MEETING XI . HAPPY DAYS • XII . THE TIME OF TROUBLE XIII ...
... GREEN AND HER GHOST - STORY . V. MAUD'S ADVENTURE VI . THE GIPSY PARTY AT THE KITCOTE VII . A BIRTHDAY • VIII . LABOURS OF LOVE IX . THE LOSS OF AN OLD FRIEND X. A FAMILY MEETING XI . HAPPY DAYS • XII . THE TIME OF TROUBLE XIII ...
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... green moss , which made it as soft as a velvet cushion , and the yellow primroses were peeping out from it here and there . There were many bees flying about among the blossoms of the tree above them , and they kept up a constant ...
... green moss , which made it as soft as a velvet cushion , and the yellow primroses were peeping out from it here and there . There were many bees flying about among the blossoms of the tree above them , and they kept up a constant ...
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... Green had said about them , -that they were fairy - rings , and that the fairies came sometimes at night , and danced round them hand in hand . Perhaps Mary Green believed that this was true , but Maud and Ellen did not ; yet it was a ...
... Green had said about them , -that they were fairy - rings , and that the fairies came sometimes at night , and danced round them hand in hand . Perhaps Mary Green believed that this was true , but Maud and Ellen did not ; yet it was a ...
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... of her to old Mary Green ; " so mild and gentle , that it made her think of the blessed angels when she looked at her ; and , indeed , she could hardly do so without crying , for she had hair so exactly like her 18 MAUD SUMMERS .
... of her to old Mary Green ; " so mild and gentle , that it made her think of the blessed angels when she looked at her ; and , indeed , she could hardly do so without crying , for she had hair so exactly like her 18 MAUD SUMMERS .
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... the usual mode of instruction , but answering , in her case , quite as useful a purpose , and showing that the mind may see , even though the body is blind . D CHAPTER IV . MARY GREEN AND HER GHOST - STORY MAUD'S EDUCATION . 33.
... the usual mode of instruction , but answering , in her case , quite as useful a purpose , and showing that the mind may see , even though the body is blind . D CHAPTER IV . MARY GREEN AND HER GHOST - STORY MAUD'S EDUCATION . 33.
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