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... eyes into the gloom behind . " Did you hear ? " she cried . " I heard nothing but the wind . " " It was like the baying of a hound . " " That might have been , and yet give us no cause for trouble . But it is your fancy that plays ...
... eyes into the gloom behind . " Did you hear ? " she cried . " I heard nothing but the wind . " " It was like the baying of a hound . " " That might have been , and yet give us no cause for trouble . But it is your fancy that plays ...
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... eyes , which were full of tears . " Katherine , do you fear our fate so much that all your courage has forsaken you ? " " She answered him low and tremulously . ' No , Bertrand ; I do not fear our fate , whatever that may be ; but I ...
... eyes , which were full of tears . " Katherine , do you fear our fate so much that all your courage has forsaken you ? " " She answered him low and tremulously . ' No , Bertrand ; I do not fear our fate , whatever that may be ; but I ...
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... eyes were bright with confidence , undimmed by any speck of dread of the possible terrors the future might have in store . " Come , " he said presently , with a happy laugh , " I sce the tears are gone from your eyes , which tell me ...
... eyes were bright with confidence , undimmed by any speck of dread of the possible terrors the future might have in store . " Come , " he said presently , with a happy laugh , " I sce the tears are gone from your eyes , which tell me ...
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... eyes your steps to victory - or death " ( trembling a little at that word ) . " I have no fear when the foeman stands declared before you in the light of day . Then I would pray the Sacred Mother to watch over you , and could wait the ...
... eyes your steps to victory - or death " ( trembling a little at that word ) . " I have no fear when the foeman stands declared before you in the light of day . Then I would pray the Sacred Mother to watch over you , and could wait the ...
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... eyes , as he noted the effect his unexpected appearance created . He spoke with a tone of satiric civility , affecting to treat the whole transaction as only a jest which had been carried a little too far . " You have afforded us ...
... eyes , as he noted the effect his unexpected appearance created . He spoke with a tone of satiric civility , affecting to treat the whole transaction as only a jest which had been carried a little too far . " You have afforded us ...
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