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... mother a year later , and she had been left to her grandfather's care . Sir John thought he should not know what to do with a governess , and that , besides that , Mr. Severn would teach Stella better . If she wanted any more training ...
... mother a year later , and she had been left to her grandfather's care . Sir John thought he should not know what to do with a governess , and that , besides that , Mr. Severn would teach Stella better . If she wanted any more training ...
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... mother , was old in some ways for her age , though as fond of play and full of spirits as Stella could desire . She was the same height as Stella , -a lithe , graceful little figure , with long fair hair hanging to her waist , and the ...
... mother , was old in some ways for her age , though as fond of play and full of spirits as Stella could desire . She was the same height as Stella , -a lithe , graceful little figure , with long fair hair hanging to her waist , and the ...
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... mother , to say that , if Stella liked , Kathleen might spend the night there , as Stella was all alone . Mrs. Yorke had sent Rogers , Kathleen's nurse , with her clothes , as she was pretty sure Stella would say yes . She herself had ...
... mother , to say that , if Stella liked , Kathleen might spend the night there , as Stella was all alone . Mrs. Yorke had sent Rogers , Kathleen's nurse , with her clothes , as she was pretty sure Stella would say yes . She herself had ...
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... mother - love shed round Kathleen , which touched her too with its rays as they fell . Kathleen's chief fault was heedlessness , and her mother felt that Stella's deeper and more thoughtful nature was the very one whose companionship ...
... mother - love shed round Kathleen , which touched her too with its rays as they fell . Kathleen's chief fault was heedlessness , and her mother felt that Stella's deeper and more thoughtful nature was the very one whose companionship ...
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... mother read and especially such delightful things as she read ! Sometimes it was a child's story- book , sometimes Shakespeare , sometimes bits of history , which were as good as stories , sometimes a novel of Sir Walter Scott's , or ...
... mother read and especially such delightful things as she read ! Sometimes it was a child's story- book , sometimes Shakespeare , sometimes bits of history , which were as good as stories , sometimes a novel of Sir Walter Scott's , or ...
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