Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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... dark hair that was not quite black . She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth deli- cately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a white flower that clung above her ear ...
... dark hair that was not quite black . She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth deli- cately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a white flower that clung above her ear ...
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... dark , and of a grace to set Ralph as much in the shade as Ralph himself set me ; and Carlos had seen a deal more of the world than Ralph . He had a foreign sense of humor that made him forever ready to sacrifice his personal dignity ...
... dark , and of a grace to set Ralph as much in the shade as Ralph himself set me ; and Carlos had seen a deal more of the world than Ralph . He had a foreign sense of humor that made him forever ready to sacrifice his personal dignity ...
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... dark , and when we found men lurking in our barns we feigned not to see them - it was safer so . The smugglers - the Free Traders , they called themselves were as well organized for helping malefactors out of the country as for running ...
... dark , and when we found men lurking in our barns we feigned not to see them - it was safer so . The smugglers - the Free Traders , they called themselves were as well organized for helping malefactors out of the country as for running ...
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... dark already in the folds of the somber downs . We passed the corner of the orchard . " I know what you've got to tell me , " I said . " You're going to marry Veronica . Well , you've no need of my blessing . Some people have all the ...
... dark already in the folds of the somber downs . We passed the corner of the orchard . " I know what you've got to tell me , " I said . " You're going to marry Veronica . Well , you've no need of my blessing . Some people have all the ...
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... dark at the quarry . To - night of all nights , and me a justice as good as a married man ! " • • • and I looked at him wonderingly in the dusk ; his high coat collar almost hid his face , and his hat was pressed down over his eyes ...
... dark at the quarry . To - night of all nights , and me a justice as good as a married man ! " • • • and I looked at him wonderingly in the dusk ; his high coat collar almost hid his face , and his hat was pressed down over his eyes ...
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