The court and the cottageGriffith & Farran, 1883 - 330 pages |
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Page 45
... wait for news . I daresay it will be a nine days ' wonder , and then be forgotten . But I do not want to talk any more about it this evening , so let us go in and ring for the lamp , and read the paper . ' Miss Ponsonby did her best to ...
... wait for news . I daresay it will be a nine days ' wonder , and then be forgotten . But I do not want to talk any more about it this evening , so let us go in and ring for the lamp , and read the paper . ' Miss Ponsonby did her best to ...
Page 52
... waiting . ' Mr. Clarke was the Thorpe Bishop doctor , and often gave his little friends at the Vicarage a lift in his carriage . ' How is Jack's leg ? ' Mrs. Huntingdon asked . ' Better , I believe . Jack is so conceited , ' Lily said ...
... waiting . ' Mr. Clarke was the Thorpe Bishop doctor , and often gave his little friends at the Vicarage a lift in his carriage . ' How is Jack's leg ? ' Mrs. Huntingdon asked . ' Better , I believe . Jack is so conceited , ' Lily said ...
Page 60
... waiting to go in to the dining - room ; and can I assist you , miss ? ' Bella added , approaching the tall young lady with something between shyness and admira- tion . You have got a dreadful rent in your crape , miss , ' she said ...
... waiting to go in to the dining - room ; and can I assist you , miss ? ' Bella added , approaching the tall young lady with something between shyness and admira- tion . You have got a dreadful rent in your crape , miss , ' she said ...
Page 61
... waiting till his ladies should cross the hall to the dining - room . Elfrida rather miscalculated the last half of her descent , and came in collision with Mr. Broome in a very undignified fashion . ' I hope I have not hurt you ? ' she ...
... waiting till his ladies should cross the hall to the dining - room . Elfrida rather miscalculated the last half of her descent , and came in collision with Mr. Broome in a very undignified fashion . ' I hope I have not hurt you ? ' she ...
Page 65
... waited a few minutes , and then , finding it dull and uninteresting in her little room , went down- stairs and opened the drawing - room door . The ladies were seated in the calm repose which had been so roughly broken in upon two days ...
... waited a few minutes , and then , finding it dull and uninteresting in her little room , went down- stairs and opened the drawing - room door . The ladies were seated in the calm repose which had been so roughly broken in upon two days ...
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Adelaide's African Wanderers afternoon Aunt Dorothy BARBARA HUTTON Bellingham Berkley Book bright Broome Broome's carriage cloth elegant Colonel Bradshaw Cottage Court Cousin Daisy daresay dear door drawing-room Elfrida asked exclaimed eyes face Fcap feel G. A. HENTY GELLIE gilt edges girl gone governess Grannie hand HARRISON WEIR hear heard hope Huntingdon Isola Bella Jack Jack Bruce laughed Leonora Clarke Lily look Lord Maintree luncheon MARRYAT NORRIS Meredith Miss Adelaide Miss Elfrida Miss Firths Miss Ponsonby mother never niece o'clock Ponsonby's poor child Price Reginald Reuben seemed Shillings Shillings and Sixpence Signor Montalozzi sister song soon stood Stories sure Susie Bruce talk telegram tell thing Thorpe Bishop thought Titmouse to-day to-morrow told Uncle Rex Vicarage voice W. H. G. KINGSTON wait walked window wish wonder young lady
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