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... painfully of him whose overbearing insolence had so unwontedly stirred the ire of Aaron Hunt's genial and generally equable nature . While she pondered this inexplicable coincidence , voices startled her from the next room , whence the ...
... painfully of him whose overbearing insolence had so unwontedly stirred the ire of Aaron Hunt's genial and generally equable nature . While she pondered this inexplicable coincidence , voices startled her from the next room , whence the ...
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... painful surprise flitted across the mother's countenance , but she answered quickly : " It has been an exceedingly short , happy year to me . You are such a confirmed absentee , that when you are at home , time slips by unnoticed ...
... painful surprise flitted across the mother's countenance , but she answered quickly : " It has been an exceedingly short , happy year to me . You are such a confirmed absentee , that when you are at home , time slips by unnoticed ...
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... painfully conscious that his searching eyes scrutinized her ; but though the blood mounted instantly to her cheeks at such times , she never looked up — dreading his gaze as she would that of a basilisk . One sultry afternoon she went ...
... painfully conscious that his searching eyes scrutinized her ; but though the blood mounted instantly to her cheeks at such times , she never looked up — dreading his gaze as she would that of a basilisk . One sultry afternoon she went ...
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... painfully embarrassing to her , stepped forward to pick up the history which lay on the grass . " What book is that ? " She handed it to him , and the leaves happened to open at a picture representing the murder of Becket . A scowl ...
... painfully embarrassing to her , stepped forward to pick up the history which lay on the grass . " What book is that ? " She handed it to him , and the leaves happened to open at a picture representing the murder of Becket . A scowl ...
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... painfully . " Edna Earl , you are at least honest and truthful , and those are rare traits at the present day . I thank you for preserving and returning my Dante . Did you read any of it ? " " Yes , sir , all of it . Good - night , sir ...
... painfully . " Edna Earl , you are at least honest and truthful , and those are rare traits at the present day . I thank you for preserving and returning my Dante . Did you read any of it ? " " Yes , sir , all of it . Good - night , sir ...
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