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... a slovenly drawl , and her sum altogether wrong , and all this was interspersed with continual complaints of hard work and a bad headache . Miss Montague now called Agatha to repeat her dates . 6 THE DISCONTENTED CHILDREN .
... a slovenly drawl , and her sum altogether wrong , and all this was interspersed with continual complaints of hard work and a bad headache . Miss Montague now called Agatha to repeat her dates . 6 THE DISCONTENTED CHILDREN .
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Mary Kirby, Elizabeth Kirby. Miss Montague now called Agatha to repeat her dates . " O it is not the right morning for dates , I am quite sure , " cried both the children at once ; we never say dates on a Tuesday . " 66 " I insist on ...
Mary Kirby, Elizabeth Kirby. Miss Montague now called Agatha to repeat her dates . " O it is not the right morning for dates , I am quite sure , " cried both the children at once ; we never say dates on a Tuesday . " 66 " I insist on ...
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... called them , a specimen of his politeness , and nothing daunted by the angry looks of Mrs. Falkland , he stepped before his governess , and laying hold of the front lock of his hair , made a very clumsy bow . 66 Capital , my little man ...
... called them , a specimen of his politeness , and nothing daunted by the angry looks of Mrs. Falkland , he stepped before his governess , and laying hold of the front lock of his hair , made a very clumsy bow . 66 Capital , my little man ...
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... called to say her geography ; and after a wholesome shower of tears had fallen upon the land of Egypt , and she had lost her way three times in the Great Desert , the terrible affair was concluded . Reading followed -an equally ...
... called to say her geography ; and after a wholesome shower of tears had fallen upon the land of Egypt , and she had lost her way three times in the Great Desert , the terrible affair was concluded . Reading followed -an equally ...
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... called loudly to them to come back . " What do you mean , Miss Agatha , " cried she , " by tear- ing about without your bonnet , to make yourself as brown as any gipsy ? " " I'll fetch my bonnet directly , " said Nancy ; " so please don ...
... called loudly to them to come back . " What do you mean , Miss Agatha , " cried she , " by tear- ing about without your bonnet , to make yourself as brown as any gipsy ? " " I'll fetch my bonnet directly , " said Nancy ; " so please don ...
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