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Page 107
... fire . But the fire burned steadily on , the curtains remained unruffled by a breath of air , my rigid host regarded me with the air of a vulture , and from over my shoulder came , with the warm lamplight , the scratching of needle and ...
... fire . But the fire burned steadily on , the curtains remained unruffled by a breath of air , my rigid host regarded me with the air of a vulture , and from over my shoulder came , with the warm lamplight , the scratching of needle and ...
Page 120
... fire convinced that Ireland was the most silent country in the world . Then I fetched a book of Irish poems from the table , and read it nearly through . Occasionally the housekeeper mounted the stairs to express her growing anxiety and ...
... fire convinced that Ireland was the most silent country in the world . Then I fetched a book of Irish poems from the table , and read it nearly through . Occasionally the housekeeper mounted the stairs to express her growing anxiety and ...
Page 227
... fire sat the little old woman and the beautiful young woman , close together on a backless form , Hannah's hand in Maggie's lap and Maggie's fingers caressing that old brown wrinkled hand with strokings that were full of endearment . On ...
... fire sat the little old woman and the beautiful young woman , close together on a backless form , Hannah's hand in Maggie's lap and Maggie's fingers caressing that old brown wrinkled hand with strokings that were full of endearment . On ...
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