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... 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 CHAPTER XV ONCE AGAIN.
... 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 CHAPTER XV ONCE AGAIN.
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... father and mother , and Sir Sober - face Leslie is with them also . It seems that he was with Lord Albemarle when he died , and did all that was devoted for him . The family can't make enough of him in consequence , and Miss Tracy seems ...
... father and mother , and Sir Sober - face Leslie is with them also . It seems that he was with Lord Albemarle when he died , and did all that was devoted for him . The family can't make enough of him in consequence , and Miss Tracy seems ...
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... father to try it . Do you ever ride so early , Lady Carew ? " “ No ; I am afraid I should not be up in time - we seldom breakfast till ten . " " I do not think we are generally early people ; but Mr Leslie puts us all to shame by being ...
... father to try it . Do you ever ride so early , Lady Carew ? " “ No ; I am afraid I should not be up in time - we seldom breakfast till ten . " " I do not think we are generally early people ; but Mr Leslie puts us all to shame by being ...
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... father and mother quite well ? " She could not bring herself to call him " Mr Leslie , " yet how could she say Frank ? Quite well , thank you . I have only been home for a few days at present ; but I shall pay them a longer visit soon ...
... father and mother quite well ? " She could not bring herself to call him " Mr Leslie , " yet how could she say Frank ? Quite well , thank you . I have only been home for a few days at present ; but I shall pay them a longer visit soon ...
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... father looked to her to raise his family by an aristocratic marriage . A passionate attachment there- fore between Blanche and the son of the clergyman in whose parish her father's new handsome estate was situated , was the last thing ...
... father looked to her to raise his family by an aristocratic marriage . A passionate attachment there- fore between Blanche and the son of the clergyman in whose parish her father's new handsome estate was situated , was the last thing ...
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