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Page 86
... woman , and ugly , my dear darling sir , you never saw an uglier , flat- chested , yellow - faced old harridan in your born days ; och , terrible ! told me , sir , she told me her very self as true as I'm a living woman that she was ...
... woman , and ugly , my dear darling sir , you never saw an uglier , flat- chested , yellow - faced old harridan in your born days ; och , terrible ! told me , sir , she told me her very self as true as I'm a living woman that she was ...
Page 227
... 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 the other side of the ...
... 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 the other side of the ...
Page 229
... woman kneeling at the loch - side , washing linen . The loch was known to be haunted , and Hannah had an eerie feeling about this woman . It was twilight . The hedges were whispering with the antics of the wee folk . A cold wind was ...
... woman kneeling at the loch - side , washing linen . The loch was known to be haunted , and Hannah had an eerie feeling about this woman . It was twilight . The hedges were whispering with the antics of the wee folk . A cold wind was ...
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