Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon, Volume 121870 - 2 pages |
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Page 11
... close watch upon Mrs. Branston and Mr. Saltram when the two were talking together . Gilbert saw how great an effort it cost her at these times to keep up the commonplace conversation which he had commenced with her , and how intently ...
... close watch upon Mrs. Branston and Mr. Saltram when the two were talking together . Gilbert saw how great an effort it cost her at these times to keep up the commonplace conversation which he had commenced with her , and how intently ...
Page 12
... close to each other in the dim light of the room . Adela's playing had been going on in a desultory kind of manner , broken every now and then by her conversation with John Saltram , and had evidently been intended to give pleasure only ...
... close to each other in the dim light of the room . Adela's playing had been going on in a desultory kind of manner , broken every now and then by her conversation with John Saltram , and had evidently been intended to give pleasure only ...
Page 19
... close it , and staring at the stranger till the last moment that it was possible for him to stare . When he was gone , the old man took the candle from the mantelpiece , and held it up before the bearded face of the traveller . ' Yes ...
... close it , and staring at the stranger till the last moment that it was possible for him to stare . When he was gone , the old man took the candle from the mantelpiece , and held it up before the bearded face of the traveller . ' Yes ...
Page 20
... close with the offer at once or lose the chance altogether . I sailed for New York within a fortnight after poor Lucy's death , and have lived in America for the last fifteen years . I have contrived to establish a tolerably flourishing ...
... close with the offer at once or lose the chance altogether . I sailed for New York within a fortnight after poor Lucy's death , and have lived in America for the last fifteen years . I have contrived to establish a tolerably flourishing ...
Page 27
... close by our town , as you know , sir , I daresay . They wanted a fly to take them and their luggage on somewhere — I can't for the life of me remember the name of the place - but it was a ten - mile drive , and it was a farm - that I ...
... close by our town , as you know , sir , I daresay . They wanted a fly to take them and their luggage on somewhere — I can't for the life of me remember the name of the place - but it was a ten - mile drive , and it was a farm - that I ...
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