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Page 16
... once carefully cut as black beds for the shrubs and larger plants . Many of the windows had the shutters closed , and under the grand Scotch fir that stooped toward one corner the brown fir - needles of many years lay in a small stone ...
... once carefully cut as black beds for the shrubs and larger plants . Many of the windows had the shutters closed , and under the grand Scotch fir that stooped toward one corner the brown fir - needles of many years lay in a small stone ...
Page 19
... once start up and walk to the entrance - door . She sat still , quiv- ering and listening ; her lips became pale , her hands were cold and trembling . Was her son really coming ? She was far beyond fifty ; and since her early gladness ...
... once start up and walk to the entrance - door . She sat still , quiv- ering and listening ; her lips became pale , her hands were cold and trembling . Was her son really coming ? She was far beyond fifty ; and since her early gladness ...
Page 20
... Once more she glanced at the portrait . The young brown eyes seemed to dwell on her pleasantly ; but , turning from it with a sort of impatience , and saying aloud , " Of course he will be altered ! " she rose almost with difficulty ...
... Once more she glanced at the portrait . The young brown eyes seemed to dwell on her pleasantly ; but , turning from it with a sort of impatience , and saying aloud , " Of course he will be altered ! " she rose almost with difficulty ...
Page 30
... once more seemed a great good to have had a second son who in some ways had cost her dearly . But again there were conditions she had not reckoned on . When the good tidings had been sent to Harold , and he had an- nounced that he would ...
... once more seemed a great good to have had a second son who in some ways had cost her dearly . But again there were conditions she had not reckoned on . When the good tidings had been sent to Harold , and he had an- nounced that he would ...
Page 36
... once re- garded as her knowledge and accomplishments had be- come as valueless as old - fashioned stucco ornaments , of which the substance was never worth any thing , while the form is no longer to the taste of any living mortal ...
... once re- garded as her knowledge and accomplishments had be- come as valueless as old - fashioned stucco ornaments , of which the substance was never worth any thing , while the form is no longer to the taste of any living mortal ...
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