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... Little Dene . " " What does that nasty cross Aunt Carly say , then ? " Mrs Casserly smiled . " See , dearie , " she said , " the letter is still closed . I know you always like to know all you can about Aunt Carly , so I brought it to ...
... Little Dene . " " What does that nasty cross Aunt Carly say , then ? " Mrs Casserly smiled . " See , dearie , " she said , " the letter is still closed . I know you always like to know all you can about Aunt Carly , so I brought it to ...
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... little cradle , and threw it to the other end of the room . “ Oh , very well ... Dene itself , which was a very pretty country house , just outside Hayle ... little girls also , who in- 8 GROWING UP .
... little cradle , and threw it to the other end of the room . “ Oh , very well ... Dene itself , which was a very pretty country house , just outside Hayle ... little girls also , who in- 8 GROWING UP .
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... Little Dene so very , very old ? " " What would be ' very very ' old , Leonora ? " " Why , ninety - six , like Cookie's old mother over in the huts , down by Roaring River . Is Aunt Carly ninety - six next birth- day ? " Mrs Casserly ...
... Little Dene so very , very old ? " " What would be ' very very ' old , Leonora ? " " Why , ninety - six , like Cookie's old mother over in the huts , down by Roaring River . Is Aunt Carly ninety - six next birth- day ? " Mrs Casserly ...
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... Little Dene , and wanted you to come and live here in Jamaica ? " " Yes , " said Mrs Casserly , rising then from her chair . “ It was something like that . Aunt Carly did not like me to come so far away from her ; and it was all because ...
... Little Dene , and wanted you to come and live here in Jamaica ? " " Yes , " said Mrs Casserly , rising then from her chair . “ It was something like that . Aunt Carly did not like me to come so far away from her ; and it was all because ...
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... Little Dene , and the mail goes out to - morrow , and in about seven weeks ' time I shall have an answer , and we shall know . " 66 " Oh , Bee ! oh , Bee ! " cried Leonora , as though nothing would hold her , and her heart would break ...
... Little Dene , and the mail goes out to - morrow , and in about seven weeks ' time I shall have an answer , and we shall know . " 66 " Oh , Bee ! oh , Bee ! " cried Leonora , as though nothing would hold her , and her heart would break ...
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