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... night - malefactors to a man - and she liked that . The decent , slow - witted , gently devious type of rustic could not live under her . The neighbors round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp's farm was a hotbed of disorder . I expect it ...
... night - malefactors to a man - and she liked that . The decent , slow - witted , gently devious type of rustic could not live under her . The neighbors round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp's farm was a hotbed of disorder . I expect it ...
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... nights a dead - and- gone 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 ...
... nights a dead - and- gone 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 ...
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... night of all nights , and me a justice . . . and as good as a married man ! " I looked at him wonderingly in the dusk ; his high coat collar almost hid his face , and his hat was pressed down over his eyes . The thing seemed incredible ...
... night of all nights , and me a justice . . . and as good as a married man ! " I looked at him wonderingly in the dusk ; his high coat collar almost hid his face , and his hat was pressed down over his eyes . The thing seemed incredible ...
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... night , as we knew well enough , both of us . They were coming in force from Canterbury way down to the Marsh . It had cost Ralph a pretty penny ; but , once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe enough ...
... night , as we knew well enough , both of us . They were coming in force from Canterbury way down to the Marsh . It had cost Ralph a pretty penny ; but , once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe enough ...
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... brother - to be " Oh , it's all right , " I said gayly , " it's all right . You've to stand by Veronica . I've no one to my back . Good - night , good- by . " I pulled my horse's head round and galloped down the PART FIRST 19.
... brother - to be " Oh , it's all right , " I said gayly , " it's all right . You've to stand by Veronica . I've no one to my back . Good - night , good- by . " I pulled my horse's head round and galloped down the PART FIRST 19.
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