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Page 26
... answering the conversation addressed to her with courteous smiling assent , and a heart full to overflowing of her own absorbing thoughts . A crush through the folding doors which led into another room , stopped them for a moment 26 ...
... answering the conversation addressed to her with courteous smiling assent , and a heart full to overflowing of her own absorbing thoughts . A crush through the folding doors which led into another room , stopped them for a moment 26 ...
Page 48
... lady had spoken from sudden inward impulse , born of the recollection of past experience unknown to the other ; and therefore more of an answer to herself than her friend . immediately afterwards , and it made 48 Tried by Fire .
... lady had spoken from sudden inward impulse , born of the recollection of past experience unknown to the other ; and therefore more of an answer to herself than her friend . immediately afterwards , and it made 48 Tried by Fire .
Page 72
... answering Zara's words , and not her tone . " Yes , " she said with a forced smile- began to speak again , and then stopped . " She wrote to me for a time , " con- tinued Frank , pursuing a subject which seemed less fraught with ...
... answering Zara's words , and not her tone . " Yes , " she said with a forced smile- began to speak again , and then stopped . " She wrote to me for a time , " con- tinued Frank , pursuing a subject which seemed less fraught with ...
Page 114
... answer " He is coming ; dear Lady Carew , may I introduce him to you ? please " . ... there was no time for more ; and Mrs Erskine , interpreting Zara's non - refusal as consent , promptly presented Mr Webbe to Lady Carew . A short few ...
... answer " He is coming ; dear Lady Carew , may I introduce him to you ? please " . ... there was no time for more ; and Mrs Erskine , interpreting Zara's non - refusal as consent , promptly presented Mr Webbe to Lady Carew . A short few ...
Page 128
... answering , in his soothing- " Of course , -I should not let you go home alone , " and with a sigh of relief , she saw him about to mount the box , and sank back in her place . When Frank Leslie came to the door of the cab , after ...
... answering , in his soothing- " Of course , -I should not let you go home alone , " and with a sigh of relief , she saw him about to mount the box , and sank back in her place . When Frank Leslie came to the door of the cab , after ...
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