West of the HillMacmillan Company, 1949 - 248 страница "Here is a heart-warming novel about Maine people two generations ago. The tall, chestnut-haired girl named Molly had grown up in an atmosphere of poverty, loneliness, and fear among the fishermen who worked along the coast, shut off from the inland farms by a great forest-covered hill. "West of the Hill" meant happiness to Molly - an impossible dream. But the dream came true when she bundled up her few rags and rode off with stalwart young Brad Hartwell, fish peddler and farmer. |
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... stop more than a minute now , Molly . Big day's work ahead of me . And don't expect me back any before suppertime . I'll have to go clean to the village to get red of this . " But she said , " I wish you'd tell about it , Brad . I been ...
... stop more than a minute now , Molly . Big day's work ahead of me . And don't expect me back any before suppertime . I'll have to go clean to the village to get red of this . " But she said , " I wish you'd tell about it , Brad . I been ...
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... stop . She felt his eyes on her , and could not look at him , and grew impatient , thinking what a relief it would be to be alone ; but when he went to the shed for an armful of wood , or to the spring for a bucket of water , it was ...
... stop . She felt his eyes on her , and could not look at him , and grew impatient , thinking what a relief it would be to be alone ; but when he went to the shed for an armful of wood , or to the spring for a bucket of water , it was ...
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... stop by again — I'd want to ask him in . ” " Then I hope he won't stop by , " Min countered , tossing her head . “ And I guess he won't neither . He'd just make you miser- able , one way or another . " " Some day when the baby is old ...
... stop by again — I'd want to ask him in . ” " Then I hope he won't stop by , " Min countered , tossing her head . “ And I guess he won't neither . He'd just make you miser- able , one way or another . " " Some day when the baby is old ...
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