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... face which , with her plead- ing eyes , made her very pretty . " Mr. Dunbar , " she said , " I have an apol- ogy to make . I must plead for pardon - must ask your forgiveness . " Dunbar's face hardened and he was about to give utterance ...
... face which , with her plead- ing eyes , made her very pretty . " Mr. Dunbar , " she said , " I have an apol- ogy to make . I must plead for pardon - must ask your forgiveness . " Dunbar's face hardened and he was about to give utterance ...
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... face , but she began again hurriedly : " Please do listen to me . This accident has given me the opportunity I have so longed for and could not make without being wholly mis- understood . I had thought you had acted a mean and bad part ...
... face , but she began again hurriedly : " Please do listen to me . This accident has given me the opportunity I have so longed for and could not make without being wholly mis- understood . I had thought you had acted a mean and bad part ...
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... face she took it , asking shyly : " And you will not further humiliate me by asking what it was ? " " It is quite sufficient to know , " he replied , " that what you thought was wrong you now know was not . I shall not seek to discover ...
... face she took it , asking shyly : " And you will not further humiliate me by asking what it was ? " " It is quite sufficient to know , " he replied , " that what you thought was wrong you now know was not . I shall not seek to discover ...
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... face with its square , short yet protruding chin ; the straight slit of a mouth , little of the red of lips appearing ; the high , mounting , arched nose , thin and bony ; the sharp , steely gray eyes ; the broad , overhanging forehead ...
... face with its square , short yet protruding chin ; the straight slit of a mouth , little of the red of lips appearing ; the high , mounting , arched nose , thin and bony ; the sharp , steely gray eyes ; the broad , overhanging forehead ...
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... face . Edgar added : " That will mean a shortening up of assets , according to that paper . " Light began to break in on Dunbar's mind . " And that will mean a fall in Universal ? ” " It will , " acquiesced the financier . " Now , see ...
... face . Edgar added : " That will mean a shortening up of assets , according to that paper . " Light began to break in on Dunbar's mind . " And that will mean a fall in Universal ? ” " It will , " acquiesced the financier . " Now , see ...
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J. P. Dunbar: A Story of Wall Street (Classic Reprint) William Cadwalader Hudson No preview available - 2018 |
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