Nora's trust; or, Uncle Ned's moneyGriffith & Farran, 1883 - 156 pages |
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... talks together , and then one day Nora was called upon to begin fulfilling her promise - for she and her little . brother and sister were left orphans . Mr Reid , the young doctor who had attended Mrs Harris during her long illness ...
... talks together , and then one day Nora was called upon to begin fulfilling her promise - for she and her little . brother and sister were left orphans . Mr Reid , the young doctor who had attended Mrs Harris during her long illness ...
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... talk , and it might injure his business . No , on consideration , Ned Stoker decided to keep the children . He had had a sort of regard for his sister - it could hardly be called affection ; and when he looked at her dead face ...
... talk , and it might injure his business . No , on consideration , Ned Stoker decided to keep the children . He had had a sort of regard for his sister - it could hardly be called affection ; and when he looked at her dead face ...
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... talk to you . ' Nora obeyed by clasping her hands , fixing her eyes on his face , and sitting as still as a monu- ment . In fact her stillness was rather embarrassing to her uncle , and he coughed several times before he began to speak ...
... talk to you . ' Nora obeyed by clasping her hands , fixing her eyes on his face , and sitting as still as a monu- ment . In fact her stillness was rather embarrassing to her uncle , and he coughed several times before he began to speak ...
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... talk with Tommy and Susy about their dead mother , for the memory of that mother was her most sacred possession . On Sunday afternoons , which she had to herself , the three children used to walk to the cemetery and strew wild flowers ...
... talk with Tommy and Susy about their dead mother , for the memory of that mother was her most sacred possession . On Sunday afternoons , which she had to herself , the three children used to walk to the cemetery and strew wild flowers ...
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... he was watching the cat devouring its supper . ' We are poor , ' went on Tommy , ' very poor ; but Nora says I mustn't talk about it , because that will be like asking , and mother wouldn't never let 28 Nora's Trust .
... he was watching the cat devouring its supper . ' We are poor , ' went on Tommy , ' very poor ; but Nora says I mustn't talk about it , because that will be like asking , and mother wouldn't never let 28 Nora's Trust .
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