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... asked rather languidly . She had not been following very clearly what Mrs. Leven was saying with a sort of mystical earnestness . ' Your kind of life , dear girl . It is too lonely for one so young . We all feel it . Major Leven thinks ...
... asked rather languidly . She had not been following very clearly what Mrs. Leven was saying with a sort of mystical earnestness . ' Your kind of life , dear girl . It is too lonely for one so young . We all feel it . Major Leven thinks ...
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... asked me to marry him . ' There was another pause . Gabrielle apparently was not going to say any more on the subject . " Well , dearest ? ' ' Well , Mrs. Leven , that is the whole story . ' 6 Gabrielle , how can you speak to me coldly ...
... asked me to marry him . ' There was another pause . Gabrielle apparently was not going to say any more on the subject . " Well , dearest ? ' ' Well , Mrs. Leven , that is the whole story . ' 6 Gabrielle , how can you speak to me coldly ...
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Justin McCarthy. no freedom ; at any moment I am liable to be asked to give account of whom I admit into Albert Van- thorpe's house , and what use I make of his money . I don't want the house or the money ; and I don't know how to make ...
Justin McCarthy. no freedom ; at any moment I am liable to be asked to give account of whom I admit into Albert Van- thorpe's house , and what use I make of his money . I don't want the house or the money ; and I don't know how to make ...
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... asked breath- lessly . ' I came to see you ; I knew you would return soon . I stole in here like a thief in the night , and lay on the hearth until I heard you come in . I wanted to see you alone , Gabrielle . ' ' But if anyone had come ...
... asked breath- lessly . ' I came to see you ; I knew you would return soon . I stole in here like a thief in the night , and lay on the hearth until I heard you come in . I wanted to see you alone , Gabrielle . ' ' But if anyone had come ...
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... the knowledge of his great happiness had come on him wholly by surprise , and how when Wilberforce talked of asking Gabrielle to marry him , ' it never occurred to my mind that she could possibly care for me . ' ' I was 24 DONNA QUIXOTE .
... the knowledge of his great happiness had come on him wholly by surprise , and how when Wilberforce talked of asking Gabrielle to marry him , ' it never occurred to my mind that she could possibly care for me . ' ' I was 24 DONNA QUIXOTE .
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