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... voices , he finds his way out into the cham- paign country , and you see him wandering on in wide waving curves towards his estuary . All this you can see even on a blighty easterly day ; with a clear south wind , Laura Seckerton used ...
... voices , he finds his way out into the cham- paign country , and you see him wandering on in wide waving curves towards his estuary . All this you can see even on a blighty easterly day ; with a clear south wind , Laura Seckerton used ...
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... voice . " Now I really do wonder . ” " I wonder at our luck in getting such a man at such a time , " said Sir Charles . " I don't mean that , " said Lady Emily , " I wonder what on earth this paragon of a creature has been doing which ...
... voice . " Now I really do wonder . ” " I wonder at our luck in getting such a man at such a time , " said Sir Charles . " I don't mean that , " said Lady Emily , " I wonder what on earth this paragon of a creature has been doing which ...
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... voice . Ă dangerous man for any girl to listen to , among the lengthening summer twilight shadows , particularly after having had Lord Hatterleigh gobbling and spluttering out insane political twad- dle the whole evening . CHAPTER VIII ...
... voice . Ă dangerous man for any girl to listen to , among the lengthening summer twilight shadows , particularly after having had Lord Hatterleigh gobbling and spluttering out insane political twad- dle the whole evening . CHAPTER VIII ...
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... voice , very like a tiny chime of silver bells , from the other end of the room as they entered . There sat , all alone , a little old lady with a white lace cap on her head , and a white lace shawl over her shoulders . She wore her own ...
... voice , very like a tiny chime of silver bells , from the other end of the room as they entered . There sat , all alone , a little old lady with a white lace cap on her head , and a white lace shawl over her shoulders . She wore her own ...
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... voice compounded of a gobble and a growl . Some one slipped down the last two stairs . That it was the owner of the gorilla voice was evident from that voice exclaim- ing aloud , " Bless my soul , I have broke my back . ” " Sweet youth ...
... voice compounded of a gobble and a growl . Some one slipped down the last two stairs . That it was the owner of the gorilla voice was evident from that voice exclaim- ing aloud , " Bless my soul , I have broke my back . ” " Sweet youth ...
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