Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 6
... round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp's farm was a hotbed of disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on one day - for horse - stealing and arson . Anyhow , that was my mother . As for me , I was ...
... round declared that the Lady Mary Kemp's farm was a hotbed of disorder . I expect it was , too ; three of our men were hung up at Canterbury on one day - for horse - stealing and arson . Anyhow , that was my mother . As for me , I was ...
Page 8
... round our foot- hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under ...
... round our foot- hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under ...
Page 12
... squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled it ; and I embarked on a long adventure . CHAPTER TWO BETWEEN Moonrise and sunset I was stumbling through 12 ROMANCE.
... squired his cousin . As it was , he fluttered round the idea of letting me take his place . Finally he settled it ; and I embarked on a long adventure . CHAPTER TWO BETWEEN Moonrise and sunset I was stumbling through 12 ROMANCE.
Page 17
... round them . • " " The great horses formed an irregular half - circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own name . " Yes , I ...
... round them . • " " The great horses formed an irregular half - circle round us ; men descended clumsily , like sacks of corn . The lanthorn was seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I caught my own name . " Yes , I ...
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... 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 voices ceased ...
... 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 voices ceased ...
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