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... head beneath the blankets . Miss Noakes . occupied a large room opposite the hospital . She was a disagreeable , prowling teacher and we had nicknamed her Snooks . The " commissary " being now carefully poised upon the curved top of ...
... head beneath the blankets . Miss Noakes . occupied a large room opposite the hospital . She was a disagreeable , prowling teacher and we had nicknamed her Snooks . The " commissary " being now carefully poised upon the curved top of ...
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... head whose ability in his pro- fession should be unquestioned . Both were now provided . Carrington Waite was a young artist fresh from the École des Beaux Arts at Paris , and he brought to us the train- ing traditions of the schools ...
... head whose ability in his pro- fession should be unquestioned . Both were now provided . Carrington Waite was a young artist fresh from the École des Beaux Arts at Paris , and he brought to us the train- ing traditions of the schools ...
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... head . 66 ' Don't know that I am obliged to account to you for everything , " she said , saucily , but the sting was taken out of the speech by the kiss with which it was immediately followed , and I more than half suspected that Milly ...
... head . 66 ' Don't know that I am obliged to account to you for everything , " she said , saucily , but the sting was taken out of the speech by the kiss with which it was immediately followed , and I more than half suspected that Milly ...
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... head at the foot of one of the columns . Touching this , a small shelf shot forward . It had evidently been intended for a writing table , for it was ink - stained . Adelaide pushed it easily back into its place and its edge formed one ...
... head at the foot of one of the columns . Touching this , a small shelf shot forward . It had evidently been intended for a writing table , for it was ink - stained . Adelaide pushed it easily back into its place and its edge formed one ...
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... head of the bed . Not finding it , I noticed a beam of light streaming from beneath the closed door leading into the study - parlor , and I remembered vividly that when I went to bed I had left that door open , as I always did , for ...
... head of the bed . Not finding it , I noticed a beam of light streaming from beneath the closed door leading into the study - parlor , and I remembered vividly that when I went to bed I had left that door open , as I always did , for ...
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