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... course , now , and have not come up this year . Miss Tracy is with her father and mother now , I sup- pose ; but they are regular country people , and don't show much , and I don't know them . " And gay , lively little Mrs Erskine ...
... course , now , and have not come up this year . Miss Tracy is with her father and mother now , I sup- pose ; but they are regular country people , and don't show much , and I don't know them . " And gay , lively little Mrs Erskine ...
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... peer . At this Sir Harry exclaimed , " Nephew to Lord Selton ! " Then that was why Mr Leslie's name had struck him ; and something in his features also had seemed familiar . Why , of course he had known the 28 Tried by Fire .
... peer . At this Sir Harry exclaimed , " Nephew to Lord Selton ! " Then that was why Mr Leslie's name had struck him ; and something in his features also had seemed familiar . Why , of course he had known the 28 Tried by Fire .
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Francis Carr. familiar . Why , of course he had known the family all his life ; why , had not Zara told him- ? But his questioning looks at his wife revealed a countenance so white and in- dicative of suffering , that his incipient ...
Francis Carr. familiar . Why , of course he had known the family all his life ; why , had not Zara told him- ? But his questioning looks at his wife revealed a countenance so white and in- dicative of suffering , that his incipient ...
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... course , raised his hat , and Zara bowed . Twice they passed again , and on the third time the chairs which the party had occupied were vacated . Zara experienced a sudden relaxation of her mental tension , when behold ! the persons she ...
... course , raised his hat , and Zara bowed . Twice they passed again , and on the third time the chairs which the party had occupied were vacated . Zara experienced a sudden relaxation of her mental tension , when behold ! the persons she ...
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... course , " continued Mrs Erskine , " you could not judge of his talents in that line to - day ; there are not enough riders . " " No. , " said Sir Thomas doubt- · • fully . 66 But one day , about a fortnight ago , In the Park . 51.
... course , " continued Mrs Erskine , " you could not judge of his talents in that line to - day ; there are not enough riders . " " No. , " said Sir Thomas doubt- · • fully . 66 But one day , about a fortnight ago , In the Park . 51.
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