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... talking aloud to her- self , a habit which , as she grows older , she will find very inconvenient , and which will make people stare a good deal , unless she corrects herself of it . She talked to herself in the same way that , when she ...
... talking aloud to her- self , a habit which , as she grows older , she will find very inconvenient , and which will make people stare a good deal , unless she corrects herself of it . She talked to herself in the same way that , when she ...
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... talk about the grounds . The evening was lovely ; the sun , which had got lower in the sky , lighting up all the thick woods , and turning the cornfields far off into patches of gold and the Mere into a sheet of silver . In the meadows ...
... talk about the grounds . The evening was lovely ; the sun , which had got lower in the sky , lighting up all the thick woods , and turning the cornfields far off into patches of gold and the Mere into a sheet of silver . In the meadows ...
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... talking and laughing a good deal , and heaping food on his plate ; but Stella noticed that he did not eat it . Grandpapa had had some bad news , she was sure , or else he wasn't well ; but she thought it was that letter . She did not ...
... talking and laughing a good deal , and heaping food on his plate ; but Stella noticed that he did not eat it . Grandpapa had had some bad news , she was sure , or else he wasn't well ; but she thought it was that letter . She did not ...
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... talk to Kathleen and her mother , and ask the latter if she knew what the mystery was ? It would be such a relief to talk to somebody ; but then , again , a feeling kept her back which she could not quite define , but which made it seem ...
... talk to Kathleen and her mother , and ask the latter if she knew what the mystery was ? It would be such a relief to talk to somebody ; but then , again , a feeling kept her back which she could not quite define , but which made it seem ...
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... , and do more than her own words could do . So she went on talking quietly to her , and telling her more of the ins - and - outs of the business , and how it would affect them ; giving a practical 62 THE SECRET OF WREXFORD .
... , and do more than her own words could do . So she went on talking quietly to her , and telling her more of the ins - and - outs of the business , and how it would affect them ; giving a practical 62 THE SECRET OF WREXFORD .
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