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... head ( he always wears a tall hat , which helps to give him a stiff appearance , in the same way that his always calling Stella ' Miss Desmond ' helps to stiffen his manner , which is really so kind ) 12 THE SECRET OF WREXFORD .
... head ( he always wears a tall hat , which helps to give him a stiff appearance , in the same way that his always calling Stella ' Miss Desmond ' helps to stiffen his manner , which is really so kind ) 12 THE SECRET OF WREXFORD .
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... behind it , and a real clock in the church tower . Over the chimney there was a stuffed fox's head and brush , and under them two nails on which a beautiful little silver - mounted whip ( Sir John's birthday present ) A SCRAPE . 19.
... behind it , and a real clock in the church tower . Over the chimney there was a stuffed fox's head and brush , and under them two nails on which a beautiful little silver - mounted whip ( Sir John's birthday present ) A SCRAPE . 19.
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... head , there might be some use in staring at you . But you're the same little girl always , always , and not half so amusing as if you were made of gutta - percha ! ' Stella , from being an only child , and a great deal left to herself ...
... head , there might be some use in staring at you . But you're the same little girl always , always , and not half so amusing as if you were made of gutta - percha ! ' Stella , from being an only child , and a great deal left to herself ...
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... head down on the table ( till her nose nearly went into the inkstand ) , as if she were in the last stage of fatigue , when she was pining to be rushing up and down the room all the time . Whatever Stella Desmond had to do - even at ...
... head down on the table ( till her nose nearly went into the inkstand ) , as if she were in the last stage of fatigue , when she was pining to be rushing up and down the room all the time . Whatever Stella Desmond had to do - even at ...
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... head and made quite a green tunnel for them to go through . Excepting the very edge of the Mere itself ( a ' tarn ' such as one finds in the north country , which had been embellished and planted round with flowering shrubs ) , which ...
... head and made quite a green tunnel for them to go through . Excepting the very edge of the Mere itself ( a ' tarn ' such as one finds in the north country , which had been embellished and planted round with flowering shrubs ) , which ...
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