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... thought mamma knew , but we could not find out whether she did or not . We wanted Aunt Gommie to come and sit with us and tell us stories in the ' summer - house , ' as we like to call it , in the corner of the back garden ; a sort of ...
... thought mamma knew , but we could not find out whether she did or not . We wanted Aunt Gommie to come and sit with us and tell us stories in the ' summer - house , ' as we like to call it , in the corner of the back garden ; a sort of ...
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... thought she had got to the bottom of a great secret . But she was mistaken . Syd , you were out at tea - time , ' said mamma . ' Where were you , too ? ' Syd made a most comical bow towards Aunt Gommie , and said— ' I was the gentleman ...
... thought she had got to the bottom of a great secret . But she was mistaken . Syd , you were out at tea - time , ' said mamma . ' Where were you , too ? ' Syd made a most comical bow towards Aunt Gommie , and said— ' I was the gentleman ...
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... afternoon in the country all by yourselves . Very fine , I call that ! ' Very strange we all thought it . For if Aunt Gommie ever did go out into the country a little way by train , as she sometimes did , to 10 SUNNY DAYS ; OR.
... afternoon in the country all by yourselves . Very fine , I call that ! ' Very strange we all thought it . For if Aunt Gommie ever did go out into the country a little way by train , as she sometimes did , to 10 SUNNY DAYS ; OR.
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... thought rather old for a doll now , I know , being past twelve ; but I can't give up my own lovely Cecilia just yet . She has had a new skirt quite lately , and a silk fichu ; and I really couldn't ! So there we were , down - stairs ...
... thought rather old for a doll now , I know , being past twelve ; but I can't give up my own lovely Cecilia just yet . She has had a new skirt quite lately , and a silk fichu ; and I really couldn't ! So there we were , down - stairs ...
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... thought of us , when we got out at Orbridge station , except that we were mad . We all talked and clat- tered at the top of our voices together , and jumped and hopped about Aunt Gommie on the platform , while she tried in vain to keep ...
... thought of us , when we got out at Orbridge station , except that we were mad . We all talked and clat- tered at the top of our voices together , and jumped and hopped about Aunt Gommie on the platform , while she tried in vain to keep ...
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Adventures asked Aunt Gommie Aunt Gommie says Author BARBARA HUTTON basket Bessie Beverley Blanche Brown calf called chignon Children climb cloaks cloth elegant cockchafers coloured cried Syd cupboard darling papa dear delightful dinner Dollabella door Engravings Fairy fancy farm-yard Fcap flowers Fourth Edition frightened Frontispiece GILBERT gilt edges Goat's Tor Gommie's happy HARRISON WEIR heard hedge History HOOD horrid Joan JOHN TIMBS jump kitchen knew LADY laughing Lessons look Lord Falconer lovely Mabel milk moor morning never Newfoundland Dog nurse ourselves papa and mamma Phiz plain Post 8vo Price 6d Rose round Roundheads Royal 16mo scramble screamed Second Edition sewed Small 4to Stories Stowe Super-royal 16mo Syd's tell thing Third Edition THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thought Tita's Tom HOOD took tree WALTER CRANE waterfall whispered wonder wood Young
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