Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 41
... body was enveloped rather than clothed in a great volume of ill - fitting white stuff ; he held in his hand a great umbrella with a vivid green lining . His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency of a boiled artichoke ; it ...
... body was enveloped rather than clothed in a great volume of ill - fitting white stuff ; he held in his hand a great umbrella with a vivid green lining . His face was very pale , and had the leaden transparency of a boiled artichoke ; it ...
Page 48
... body , the most motherly woman I have ever known - I suppose because she was childless . What was anomalous in my position had passed away with the next outward mail . Veronica wrote to me ; Ralph to his attorney and the Macdonalds ...
... body , the most motherly woman I have ever known - I suppose because she was childless . What was anomalous in my position had passed away with the next outward mail . Veronica wrote to me ; Ralph to his attorney and the Macdonalds ...
Page 49
... , or the virtues of Scotch thrift . " Jack , lad , " he used to bellow in his curious squeak of a voice , " a gen- tleman you may be of guid Scots blood . But ye're a puir body's son レ for a ' that . " He was set on PART SECOND 49.
... , or the virtues of Scotch thrift . " Jack , lad , " he used to bellow in his curious squeak of a voice , " a gen- tleman you may be of guid Scots blood . But ye're a puir body's son レ for a ' that . " He was set on PART SECOND 49.
Page 59
... body seemed to go dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been sodden in water , and it was quite a long time ...
... body seemed to go dead all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been sodden in water , and it was quite a long time ...
Page 77
... body . Groaning creaks of wood and the faint swish of water made themselves heard continuously . I turned my head to a click , I saw a door open a little way , and the small blue flame of a taper floated into the PART SECOND 77.
... body . Groaning creaks of wood and the faint swish of water made themselves heard continuously . I turned my head to a click , I saw a door open a little way , and the small blue flame of a taper floated into the PART SECOND 77.
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