The Devil's GardenWilliam Dale and Mavis are both in service with Lord Barradine. Dale wants to move up in the world, and, with Barradine's influence is appointed postmaster. When loses his temper at a soldier, William puts his job in danger. Mavis goes back to Barradine for help; the cost of help will be giving in to Barradine. Dale's job is again secure, but when he discovers Mavis's infidelity, he kills Barradine and gets away with it. The murder haunts him. Years later, William and Mavis take young Norah in, William discovers he is drawn to her. To his horror, William realizes he is no better than Barradine. Seeking forgiveness, he sacrifices his life saving some little girls from a huge fire. |
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... strong- limbed , quick - witted peasant , who is by nature active as a squirrel and industrious as a beaver ; and who , if once fired with ambition , soon learns to direct all his energies to a chosen end , and infallibly wins his way ...
... strong- limbed , quick - witted peasant , who is by nature active as a squirrel and industrious as a beaver ; and who , if once fired with ambition , soon learns to direct all his energies to a chosen end , and infallibly wins his way ...
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... strong nor too weak ; and yet nothing tasted quite right . 66 " Will , " said his wife , toward the end of the meal , " I can see you aren't really satisfied with their answer . Do tell me ; " and she stretched her hand across the table ...
... strong nor too weak ; and yet nothing tasted quite right . 66 " Will , " said his wife , toward the end of the meal , " I can see you aren't really satisfied with their answer . Do tell me ; " and she stretched her hand across the table ...
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... strong arms , long legs , and the monstrous deed is consum- mated . Her Majesty's bags have been stolen . Though so dark in this bedroom , there would be light enough out there . There was no moon ; but the summer night , as he knew ...
... strong arms , long legs , and the monstrous deed is consum- mated . Her Majesty's bags have been stolen . Though so dark in this bedroom , there would be light enough out there . There was no moon ; but the summer night , as he knew ...
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... strong that I know you'll get me in the end . " That was the crucial moment of his marvelous life . After that all his dreams fused and became one . He felt as if from soft metal he had changed into hard metal . And , moreover , the ...
... strong that I know you'll get me in the end . " That was the crucial moment of his marvelous life . After that all his dreams fused and became one . He felt as if from soft metal he had changed into hard metal . And , moreover , the ...
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... strong this sensation , and , unless one wrestled with it firmly , translating itself in the mental sphere as a vaguely distressful notion that one was nothing but a tiny insect at war with the entire universe . Day after day he spent ...
... strong this sensation , and , unless one wrestled with it firmly , translating itself in the mental sphere as a vaguely distressful notion that one was nothing but a tiny insect at war with the entire universe . Day after day he spent ...
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