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Lilias Graeme. CHAPTER IX . M THE FIRST PICNIC . OTHER , " said Norman Leslie , rising from the breakfast table at Baranmore , " have you ever called on the new - comers at Glen Ellarich ? " " Well , Norman , I heard it was only a party ...
Lilias Graeme. CHAPTER IX . M THE FIRST PICNIC . OTHER , " said Norman Leslie , rising from the breakfast table at Baranmore , " have you ever called on the new - comers at Glen Ellarich ? " " Well , Norman , I heard it was only a party ...
Page 92
... Norman mischievously ; " the eldest it would be difficult to assign any age to , and the youngest , mother , to relieve your mind , I will confess , that she is just losing her front teeth , whether from age or infirmity , I cannot say ...
... Norman mischievously ; " the eldest it would be difficult to assign any age to , and the youngest , mother , to relieve your mind , I will confess , that she is just losing her front teeth , whether from age or infirmity , I cannot say ...
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... Norman come crashing down to her side through the bushes , while she confusedly replied , with a sense of being very much ashamed of her tangled hair and painfully watering eyes , — " I thought it was mademoiselle and Rose come back ...
... Norman come crashing down to her side through the bushes , while she confusedly replied , with a sense of being very much ashamed of her tangled hair and painfully watering eyes , — " I thought it was mademoiselle and Rose come back ...
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Lilias Graeme. Page 94 . in every direction , which serve to blow the smoke. NORMAN INTRODUCES HIMSELF AT THE PIC - NIC .
Lilias Graeme. Page 94 . in every direction , which serve to blow the smoke. NORMAN INTRODUCES HIMSELF AT THE PIC - NIC .
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... Norman felt the little girl was eyeing him curiously ; so , by way of carry- ing the war into the enemy's country , he said , with a little bow , - " And to whom may I have the pleasure of speaking ? " " Edith Leycester , " said she ...
... Norman felt the little girl was eyeing him curiously ; so , by way of carry- ing the war into the enemy's country , he said , with a little bow , - " And to whom may I have the pleasure of speaking ? " " Edith Leycester , " said she ...
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