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... hour . It was a hard task , but she had no misgivings about herself , and saying , with the utmost confidence , ' Oh yes , papa , I won't forget it , there is no fear of that , ' she scampered down stairs to join nurse and little Arthur ...
... hour . It was a hard task , but she had no misgivings about herself , and saying , with the utmost confidence , ' Oh yes , papa , I won't forget it , there is no fear of that , ' she scampered down stairs to join nurse and little Arthur ...
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... hours ; the other that Hubert could only obtain leave for a half - holiday . ' I think , mamma , I had better do some lessons myself , ' said Amy in a sorrowful tone , ' for you know I can't bear playing alone . ' ' You shall do as you ...
... hours ; the other that Hubert could only obtain leave for a half - holiday . ' I think , mamma , I had better do some lessons myself , ' said Amy in a sorrowful tone , ' for you know I can't bear playing alone . ' ' You shall do as you ...
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... hour ' Then be lonely no more , beloved . from this time we will be married . I must quit you for a short time , to make arrangements for our wed- ding , and to invite all our high - born friends amongst the insects to our butterflies ...
... hour ' Then be lonely no more , beloved . from this time we will be married . I must quit you for a short time , to make arrangements for our wed- ding , and to invite all our high - born friends amongst the insects to our butterflies ...
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... hour , when he promised to return , and make her his for ever - ' for emphemera , ' - he called it , but Amy knew what he meant , and was not at all surprised that , being only a butterfly , he pro- nounced the word wrongly . She ...
... hour , when he promised to return , and make her his for ever - ' for emphemera , ' - he called it , but Amy knew what he meant , and was not at all surprised that , being only a butterfly , he pro- nounced the word wrongly . She ...
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... hour's time , she would be the bride of a far handsomer and more aristocratic - looking bridegroom than that old fogey of an admiral would ever make ; and he and his faded spinster friend would have to come to her for patronage then ...
... hour's time , she would be the bride of a far handsomer and more aristocratic - looking bridegroom than that old fogey of an admiral would ever make ; and he and his faded spinster friend would have to come to her for patronage then ...
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