The court and the cottageGriffith & Farran, 1883 - 330 pages |
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... Daisy in lessons with a new governess , a finishing gover- I said ' Miss Adelaide hesitated - ' I told her perhaps we might like our niece to join also . I did not speak decidedly , you know , Dorothy . I only hinted ; though , of ...
... Daisy in lessons with a new governess , a finishing gover- I said ' Miss Adelaide hesitated - ' I told her perhaps we might like our niece to join also . I did not speak decidedly , you know , Dorothy . I only hinted ; though , of ...
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... might get that delightful Mrs. Meredith to come here and teach the four girls . ' ' What four girls ? ' ' Why , Susie Bruce , my Daisy and Lily , and this child Ethel , or Ethelrida , or some such name 48 THE COURT AND THE COTTAGE .
... might get that delightful Mrs. Meredith to come here and teach the four girls . ' ' What four girls ? ' ' Why , Susie Bruce , my Daisy and Lily , and this child Ethel , or Ethelrida , or some such name 48 THE COURT AND THE COTTAGE .
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... Daisy to school now . This empty quiet house would be so very desolate without them . ' The Vicar sighed ; he knew of what his wife was thinking . A dark shadow had crossed the hitherto clear bright sky of their home - life three years ...
... Daisy to school now . This empty quiet house would be so very desolate without them . ' The Vicar sighed ; he knew of what his wife was thinking . A dark shadow had crossed the hitherto clear bright sky of their home - life three years ...
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... Daisy , the elder of the two , was very deaf , and altogether showed traces of the heavy storm which had swept over her . Lily was bright and clever , gifted both in mind . and person , and needing in all ways the watchful care of her ...
... Daisy , the elder of the two , was very deaf , and altogether showed traces of the heavy storm which had swept over her . Lily was bright and clever , gifted both in mind . and person , and needing in all ways the watchful care of her ...
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... Daisy could always hear Lily's voice , and , smil- ing , said , in the low tone in which the deaf always speak ... Daisy's short curls as she sat on a stool by her chair , having taken off her wide straw hat and thrown it down . Lily ...
... Daisy could always hear Lily's voice , and , smil- ing , said , in the low tone in which the deaf always speak ... Daisy's short curls as she sat on a stool by her chair , having taken off her wide straw hat and thrown it down . Lily ...
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