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Page 4
... turning his head back . Then for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking over her father's shoulder . I remember her face on that day ; her eyes were gray — the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the ...
... turning his head back . Then for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking over her father's shoulder . I remember her face on that day ; her eyes were gray — the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the ...
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... turned his lanthorn upon me , in a painful yellow glare . 66 ' What ! ' Tis the young ' un , " he grunted , after a moment . " Read the warrant , Thoms . My captor began to fumble in his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent down into ...
... turned his lanthorn upon me , in a painful yellow glare . 66 ' What ! ' Tis the young ' un , " he grunted , after a moment . " Read the warrant , Thoms . My captor began to fumble in his pocket , pulled out a paper , and bent down into ...
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... ! Hallo — o — o " ; then a number of voices . The horse stood , drooping its head , and the man turned in his saddle . " Runners , " he shouted , " Bow Street runners ! Come along , come along , boys ! We'll roast 16 ROMANCE.
... ! Hallo — o — o " ; then a number of voices . The horse stood , drooping its head , and the man turned in his saddle . " Runners , " he shouted , " Bow Street runners ! Come along , come along , boys ! We'll roast 16 ROMANCE.
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... turned me sharply round . " Don't struggle , " he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . " You're all right , " he said again . The hubbub of ...
... turned me sharply round . " Don't struggle , " he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head . " You're all right , " he said again . The hubbub of ...
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... turned into the big inn at the junction of the London road to write a letter to his agent bidding him house me and employ me as an improver . For fear of compromis- ing him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two down the road ...
... turned into the big inn at the junction of the London road to write a letter to his agent bidding him house me and employ me as an improver . For fear of compromis- ing him we waited in the shadow of trees a furlong or two down the road ...
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