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... course . ' By Jove ! That face again ! ' Yes , the girl he had seen but a few nights since ; the fair fresh young face which had taken his fancy by storm . She was alone , seated in a quaint old - fashioned yellow chariot , a ramshackle ...
... course . ' By Jove ! That face again ! ' Yes , the girl he had seen but a few nights since ; the fair fresh young face which had taken his fancy by storm . She was alone , seated in a quaint old - fashioned yellow chariot , a ramshackle ...
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... course , she had come out for a drawing - lesson ; equally of course , when it was over , she would re- turn to town . Riding slowly to and fro , Fea- therstone waited while the time slipped by . The chariot , which had gone no further ...
... course , she had come out for a drawing - lesson ; equally of course , when it was over , she would re- turn to town . Riding slowly to and fro , Fea- therstone waited while the time slipped by . The chariot , which had gone no further ...
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... course an utter stranger . ' There was a shade of misgiving in his voice , which had the desired effect . ' Dear , dear , suppose he too should play some trick . I ought not to have come alone . Aunty said so . What shall I do now ...
... course an utter stranger . ' There was a shade of misgiving in his voice , which had the desired effect . ' Dear , dear , suppose he too should play some trick . I ought not to have come alone . Aunty said so . What shall I do now ...
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... course you did . He can be most agreeable . I have heard that of him over and over again . That's the danger of him . ' ' He was so kind and obliging . He told me who everybody was in the Park- ' ' Can it be possible that you were so ...
... course you did . He can be most agreeable . I have heard that of him over and over again . That's the danger of him . ' ' He was so kind and obliging . He told me who everybody was in the Park- ' ' Can it be possible that you were so ...
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... course ; but how ? ' There is only one way that I can see . Let us have only one name between us . I cannot very well take yours . Will you take mine ? ' ' Why - why - ' A light seemed to break in on her all at once . ' O , what a funny ...
... course ; but how ? ' There is only one way that I can see . Let us have only one name between us . I cannot very well take yours . Will you take mine ? ' ' Why - why - ' A light seemed to break in on her all at once . ' O , what a funny ...
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