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... girl dressed in deep mourning . Her attitude is listless , her eyes fixed absently on the empty rose garden , while the last rays of the setting sun , as he sinks to rest in a bed of crimson light , fall in a reluctant good- bye on her ...
... girl dressed in deep mourning . Her attitude is listless , her eyes fixed absently on the empty rose garden , while the last rays of the setting sun , as he sinks to rest in a bed of crimson light , fall in a reluctant good- bye on her ...
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... English , your uncle in Australia inherits the entire property , and you He hesitates . ' And I have not a penny in the world , ' says the girl , dauntlessly raising her head ; ' don't try to gloss it over , Mr. Matthews 4 MY TRUE KNIGHT .
... English , your uncle in Australia inherits the entire property , and you He hesitates . ' And I have not a penny in the world , ' says the girl , dauntlessly raising her head ; ' don't try to gloss it over , Mr. Matthews 4 MY TRUE KNIGHT .
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... on the following day he would tell me all the family secrets , that I might see the justice of the change . ' The girl's voice ceases , and the lawyer's voice takes dropped it . up the thread where hers 6 MY TRUE KNIGHT .
... on the following day he would tell me all the family secrets , that I might see the justice of the change . ' The girl's voice ceases , and the lawyer's voice takes dropped it . up the thread where hers 6 MY TRUE KNIGHT .
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... girl springs up and pushes the brown hair off her broad white temples with slender fingers . ' What's the good of raking the whole thing up again ? ' she says , desperately ; ' you know it , I know it , and Bagley the butler knows it ...
... girl springs up and pushes the brown hair off her broad white temples with slender fingers . ' What's the good of raking the whole thing up again ? ' she says , desperately ; ' you know it , I know it , and Bagley the butler knows it ...
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... girl , alone break the stillness . Then slowly , and with lagging steps , she goes to the window , and rests her head wearily against the frame . The lawyer coughs and continues : ' In consequence of the sudden and lamented death of my ...
... girl , alone break the stillness . Then slowly , and with lagging steps , she goes to the window , and rests her head wearily against the frame . The lawyer coughs and continues : ' In consequence of the sudden and lamented death of my ...
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