Fellow TravellersW. Blackwood, 1896 - 378 pages |
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... wonder , if Tom had taken my advice ? Poor Ethel ! When all is said , she is a plucky little soul , -con- sidering that Nature never meant her to face the world alone , and least of all with a delicate AFTER MANY DAYS . 5.
... wonder , if Tom had taken my advice ? Poor Ethel ! When all is said , she is a plucky little soul , -con- sidering that Nature never meant her to face the world alone , and least of all with a delicate AFTER MANY DAYS . 5.
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... wonder , with her ill health , that she was jealous and peevish ? If she could only get to Bournemouth for a month or two , with that spoilt boy of hers , it would do her all the good in the world . But , alas , the moon itself was not ...
... wonder , with her ill health , that she was jealous and peevish ? If she could only get to Bournemouth for a month or two , with that spoilt boy of hers , it would do her all the good in the world . But , alas , the moon itself was not ...
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... wonder Polly calls herself a ' woman's rights woman ' ! " " Nor do I , " was the quick rejoinder , " when her father gives in to every whim she has . If it were poor little Algy now- " " " I am so sorry you have had to wait 30 FELLOW ...
... wonder Polly calls herself a ' woman's rights woman ' ! " " Nor do I , " was the quick rejoinder , " when her father gives in to every whim she has . If it were poor little Algy now- " " " I am so sorry you have had to wait 30 FELLOW ...
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... wonder and delight to happy Polly . " Don't get a catalogue , Dad , " she whispered . " We don't need it a bit . " The next moment she could scarcely believe in her own tactlessness ; but her father was in no mood to take offence ...
... wonder and delight to happy Polly . " Don't get a catalogue , Dad , " she whispered . " We don't need it a bit . " The next moment she could scarcely believe in her own tactlessness ; but her father was in no mood to take offence ...
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... wonder if your father would say a word to her for Alice ? Miss Beauchamp refused her as a pupil on the ground that her number was made up ; but your father's influence might make a difference , he seems to know her well . " And Polly ...
... wonder if your father would say a word to her for Alice ? Miss Beauchamp refused her as a pupil on the ground that her number was made up ; but your father's influence might make a difference , he seems to know her well . " And Polly ...
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