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... head very bad , poor darling ? --she looked quite ill . " Dreading a display of the fond solici- tude , to attacks of which her husband was always liable in public , Zara would have disclaimed anything but slight fatigue ; but her looks ...
... head very bad , poor darling ? --she looked quite ill . " Dreading a display of the fond solici- tude , to attacks of which her husband was always liable in public , Zara would have disclaimed anything but slight fatigue ; but her looks ...
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... head . Frank , of 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 ...
... head . Frank , of 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 ...
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Francis Carr. talk to him ; and , somewhat abruptly , she turned her head , and addressed a ques- tion to him- " Are your father and mother quite well ? " She could not bring herself to call him " Mr Leslie , " yet how could she say ...
Francis Carr. talk to him ; and , somewhat abruptly , she turned her head , and addressed a ques- tion to him- " Are your father and mother quite well ? " She could not bring herself to call him " Mr Leslie , " yet how could she say ...
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... body her thoughts , and find expression for her voiceless trouble ; it touched the quivering nerves of sorrow , and she turned away her head and wept . But the luxury of tears is one which money cannot pur- chase it A Little Dinner . 69.
... body her thoughts , and find expression for her voiceless trouble ; it touched the quivering nerves of sorrow , and she turned away her head and wept . But the luxury of tears is one which money cannot pur- chase it A Little Dinner . 69.
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... head . " You have been very good to me , " she said , with almost humble gratitude , “ I did not know you could be so tender and kind . " ( Truly , any one who had known in society the cold and stately Lady Carew , and the gay lively ...
... head . " You have been very good to me , " she said , with almost humble gratitude , “ I did not know you could be so tender and kind . " ( Truly , any one who had known in society the cold and stately Lady Carew , and the gay lively ...
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