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Page 85
... young girl touched the lizard gently , but it was too frightened to move . O'Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . What did I want ? he inquired . To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me ...
... young girl touched the lizard gently , but it was too frightened to move . O'Brien , with shrewd glances , rocked his chair . What did I want ? he inquired . To see life ? What he proposed was the life for a fine young fellow like me ...
Page 134
... young girl . That old man is very old , is a little foolish with age ; that young girl knows very little of the world , and is very passionate , very proud , very helpless . " Add , now , to that a great menace a very danger- ous ...
... young girl . That old man is very old , is a little foolish with age ; that young girl knows very little of the world , and is very passionate , very proud , very helpless . " Add , now , to that a great menace a very danger- ous ...
Page 323
... young sir ( she had addressed me throughout as " young sir . " ) My husband and I have been talking it over most anx- iously . Think well before you commit the young lady for life . You are both so young . It looks as if we had been ...
... young sir ( she had addressed me throughout as " young sir . " ) My husband and I have been talking it over most anx- iously . Think well before you commit the young lady for life . You are both so young . It looks as if we had been ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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