Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 4
... father . Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained immovable , with no intention of ... father's shoulder . I remember her face on that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a ...
... father . Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained immovable , with no intention of ... father's shoulder . I remember her face on that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a ...
Page 5
... father did not . She was the daughter of a Scottish earl who had ruined himself again and again . He had been an inventor , a projector , and my mother had been a poor beauty , brought up on the farm we still lived on - the last rag of ...
... father did not . She was the daughter of a Scottish earl who had ruined himself again and again . He had been an inventor , a projector , and my mother had been a poor beauty , brought up on the farm we still lived on - the last rag of ...
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... father , and then came my meeting with Carlos . I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw him come out with extended hand . It was an extraordinary sensation , that of talking to Carlos again . He seemed to have worn badly . His face ...
... father , and then came my meeting with Carlos . I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw him come out with extended hand . It was an extraordinary sensation , that of talking to Carlos again . He seemed to have worn badly . His face ...
Page 82
... and after a moment she looked up candidly into my eyes , and placed her finger on her lips , motioning her head towards her father . She placed her hand in mine , and whispered very clearly : " Be welcome , my English cousin , " and 82.
... and after a moment she looked up candidly into my eyes , and placed her finger on her lips , motioning her head towards her father . She placed her hand in mine , and whispered very clearly : " Be welcome , my English cousin , " and 82.
Page 85
... father earned on the justice seat in Edinb'ro ' - money paid for rum and run silks 99 Of course I had heard of it ; everybody had ; but it had been some years before . " We're backwards hereabouts , " O'Brien jeered . " But over there ...
... father earned on the justice seat in Edinb'ro ' - money paid for rum and run silks 99 Of course I had heard of it ; everybody had ; but it had been some years before . " We're backwards hereabouts , " O'Brien jeered . " But over there ...
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