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... Rooksby had become engaged to my sister Veronica , and I had a fit of jealous misery . I was rawboned , with fair hair , I had a good skin , tanned by the weather , good teeth , and brown eyes . I had not had a very happy life , and I ...
... Rooksby had become engaged to my sister Veronica , and I had a fit of jealous misery . I was rawboned , with fair hair , I had a good skin , tanned by the weather , good teeth , and brown eyes . I had not had a very happy life , and I ...
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... Rooksby . Rooksby had foreign rela- tions , too . The uncle from whom he inherited the Priory had married a Riego , a Castilian , during the Peninsular war . He had been a prisoner at the time— he had died in Spain , I think . When ...
... Rooksby . Rooksby had foreign rela- tions , too . The uncle from whom he inherited the Priory had married a Riego , a Castilian , during the Peninsular war . He had been a prisoner at the time— he had died in Spain , I think . When ...
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... Rooksby was kind enough . He had me over to the Priory , where I made the acquaintance of the two maiden ladies , his second cousins , who kept house for him . Yes , Ralph was kind ; but I rather hated him for it , and was a little glad ...
... Rooksby was kind enough . He had me over to the Priory , where I made the acquaintance of the two maiden ladies , his second cousins , who kept house for him . Yes , Ralph was kind ; but I rather hated him for it , and was a little glad ...
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... Rooksby , Sir Peter that was , ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don't think I believed in him , but I believed in the smugglers who shared the highway with that , horrible ghost . It is impossible for any one ...
... Rooksby , Sir Peter that was , ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don't think I believed in him , but I believed in the smugglers who shared the highway with that , horrible ghost . It is impossible for any one ...
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... Rooksby proposed for the hand of Veronica and was accepted — by my mother . Veronica went about looking happy . That ... Rooksby hailed me suddenly from down- stairs . " Hey , John — John Kemp ; come down , I say ! " I started away from ...
... Rooksby proposed for the hand of Veronica and was accepted — by my mother . Veronica went about looking happy . That ... Rooksby hailed me suddenly from down- stairs . " Hey , John — John Kemp ; come down , I say ! " I started away from ...
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