Grey Towers; Or, Aunty Hetty's WillGriffith and Farran, 1877 - 284 pages |
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... Gertrude quickly . " Won't the tidings keep a little longer , for I'm very busy just now ? " Mr. Thwaites holds his pen suspended over the paper as he glances up smilingly at his wife . " No , no , you must hear them now , for I can't ...
... Gertrude quickly . " Won't the tidings keep a little longer , for I'm very busy just now ? " Mr. Thwaites holds his pen suspended over the paper as he glances up smilingly at his wife . " No , no , you must hear them now , for I can't ...
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... Gertrude . Aunt Hetty had full control over her property ; she might have turned Grey Towers into a lunatic asylum , and have left her money to endow it , had she liked . ” " Then I call it a shame such stupid old women should have so ...
... Gertrude . Aunt Hetty had full control over her property ; she might have turned Grey Towers into a lunatic asylum , and have left her money to endow it , had she liked . ” " Then I call it a shame such stupid old women should have so ...
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... Gertrude takes the baby into her arms at once . " Now , Sarah , you may run away and finish your work . Have you much more to do ? " " Only to clean up the kitchen , ma'am ; polish the tins , scour down the steps , broom out the yard ...
... Gertrude takes the baby into her arms at once . " Now , Sarah , you may run away and finish your work . Have you much more to do ? " " Only to clean up the kitchen , ma'am ; polish the tins , scour down the steps , broom out the yard ...
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... Gertrude's train of thought is brought to a sudden . stop , for a louder clamour than usual bursts forth from the boys that calls for immediate maternal interference . " Lenny , Lenny , stop that noise ! Your shrill voice goes through ...
... Gertrude's train of thought is brought to a sudden . stop , for a louder clamour than usual bursts forth from the boys that calls for immediate maternal interference . " Lenny , Lenny , stop that noise ! Your shrill voice goes through ...
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... Gertrude sits in the nursery in the dim twilight , sooth- ing baby's fretfulness , stroking Lotty's soft curls , and striving to keep the big boy's racket within bounds , something very like a wave of discontent sweeps over her , and ...
... Gertrude sits in the nursery in the dim twilight , sooth- ing baby's fretfulness , stroking Lotty's soft curls , and striving to keep the big boy's racket within bounds , something very like a wave of discontent sweeps over her , and ...
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