Doom Castle: A RomanceBlackwood and Sons, 1901 - 322 pages |
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... to his understanding . " Doom ! " said he airily and half aloud . Quelle félicité ! It is an omen . " " Doom ! Then he rapped lightly on the oak with the pommel of his sword . CHAPTER III . BARON OF DOOM . DEEP in some THE PURSUIT . 15.
... to his understanding . " Doom ! " said he airily and half aloud . Quelle félicité ! It is an omen . " " Doom ! Then he rapped lightly on the oak with the pommel of his sword . CHAPTER III . BARON OF DOOM . DEEP in some THE PURSUIT . 15.
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... Doom . " M. Bethune's bowl , " he said to himself , " is not likely to be brimming over if he is to drink it here . M. le Baron shouting there is too much of the gentle- man to know the way to the back of his own door ; Glengarry again ...
... Doom . " M. Bethune's bowl , " he said to himself , " is not likely to be brimming over if he is to drink it here . M. le Baron shouting there is too much of the gentle- man to know the way to the back of his own door ; Glengarry again ...
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... Doom ? " inquired Count Victor formally , with a foot inside the door . 66 Jist that , " answered the servitor a little drily , and yet with a smile puckering his face as he put an opposing toe of a coarse unbuckled brogue under the ...
... Doom ? " inquired Count Victor formally , with a foot inside the door . 66 Jist that , " answered the servitor a little drily , and yet with a smile puckering his face as he put an opposing toe of a coarse unbuckled brogue under the ...
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... Doom Castle was a curious place , but apparently Hugh Bethune was in the right when he described its master as " ane o ' the auld gentry , wi ' a tattie and herrin ' to his dejeune , but a scholar's book open against the ale - jug . " A ...
... Doom Castle was a curious place , but apparently Hugh Bethune was in the right when he described its master as " ane o ' the auld gentry , wi ' a tattie and herrin ' to his dejeune , but a scholar's book open against the ale - jug . " A ...
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... Doom a few minutes ago , for all the world like an oyster - man with my bag on my back . " " Good God ! " cried the Baron . " I forgot the tide . Could you not have whistled ? " " Whole operas , my dear M. le Baron , but the audience ...
... Doom a few minutes ago , for all the world like an oyster - man with my bag on my back . " " Good God ! " cried the Baron . " I forgot the tide . Could you not have whistled ? " " Whole operas , my dear M. le Baron , but the audience ...
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