The Summer-houseH. Hamilton, 1956 - 248 pages |
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Page 30
... remember where she had come across the name before . Seen it written ? Heard it spoken ? Had Aunt Bridget- ? No ; Aunt Bridget , she was sure , had not mentioned it . Aunt Bridget seldom spoke of real people ; for they , riotously ...
... remember where she had come across the name before . Seen it written ? Heard it spoken ? Had Aunt Bridget- ? No ; Aunt Bridget , she was sure , had not mentioned it . Aunt Bridget seldom spoke of real people ; for they , riotously ...
Page 171
... too , you have a very revealing face , like a child's . ' The revealing face went a bright , becoming pink . Laura cast round in her mind for anything which would change the subject . ' Indecent , didn't you say ? Do you remember 171 II.
... too , you have a very revealing face , like a child's . ' The revealing face went a bright , becoming pink . Laura cast round in her mind for anything which would change the subject . ' Indecent , didn't you say ? Do you remember 171 II.
Page 226
... remember the painful and ridiculous jealousy she had endured when she had first divined that it was so . Jealousy of the ability to inspire affection in the opposite sex , an ability which poor Aunt Bridget had always lacked . Yet in ...
... remember the painful and ridiculous jealousy she had endured when she had first divined that it was so . Jealousy of the ability to inspire affection in the opposite sex , an ability which poor Aunt Bridget had always lacked . Yet in ...
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