Norstone; or, The rifts in the cloudGriffith and Farran, 1879 - 485 pages |
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... hair , stood mournfully regarding the fast - falling rain . Receiving no answer , he continued , " Kate , what o'clock is it ? I believe you are asleep . " 66 No , I'm not , Artie dear ; it is half - past ten . " " Half - past ten , and ...
... hair , stood mournfully regarding the fast - falling rain . Receiving no answer , he continued , " Kate , what o'clock is it ? I believe you are asleep . " 66 No , I'm not , Artie dear ; it is half - past ten . " " Half - past ten , and ...
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... hair closely shorn , few but his own little ones would have recognized the once - handsome Richard Melville . They , however , never hesitated an instant ; bu rushing forward , sobbed , " Oh , papa ! dear papa ! what is the matter ...
... hair closely shorn , few but his own little ones would have recognized the once - handsome Richard Melville . They , however , never hesitated an instant ; bu rushing forward , sobbed , " Oh , papa ! dear papa ! what is the matter ...
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... hair . Dr. Leslie started , and looked almost incredulous , but observing the pained look on Arthur's face said , " Have you no friends , dear child ? because if you have not- 66 Papa would not ask for assistance from anyone , " broke ...
... hair . Dr. Leslie started , and looked almost incredulous , but observing the pained look on Arthur's face said , " Have you no friends , dear child ? because if you have not- 66 Papa would not ask for assistance from anyone , " broke ...
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... over thirty , though he looked quite forty . Trouble and illness had done their work , and had prematurely lined the broad open brow , and streaked the dark hair with threads of silver . As he sat now , with his head ARTHUR MELVILLE . 13.
... over thirty , though he looked quite forty . Trouble and illness had done their work , and had prematurely lined the broad open brow , and streaked the dark hair with threads of silver . As he sat now , with his head ARTHUR MELVILLE . 13.
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... hair , and a portrait , the portrait of a young girl of some eighteen years . The face was very lovely , the fac - simile of little Kate Melville , but for the difference in age , and also that the pure refined mouth was less marked in ...
... hair , and a portrait , the portrait of a young girl of some eighteen years . The face was very lovely , the fac - simile of little Kate Melville , but for the difference in age , and also that the pure refined mouth was less marked in ...
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