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... heart , voiced by his bloodless lips as if a dream had come to pass , as if a miracle had taken place . He added , with an indefinable smile of an almost unearthly wistfulness : " I would have married your sister , my Juan . " He had on ...
... heart , voiced by his bloodless lips as if a dream had come to pass , as if a miracle had taken place . He added , with an indefinable smile of an almost unearthly wistfulness : " I would have married your sister , my Juan . " He had on ...
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... was a revelation to my eye and my ear , as much as to my heart and mind . Indeed , I seemed never before to have seen a woman . Whom had I seen ? Veronica ? We had been too poor , and my mother too proud , to keep PART THIRD 125.
... was a revelation to my eye and my ear , as much as to my heart and mind . Indeed , I seemed never before to have seen a woman . Whom had I seen ? Veronica ? We had been too poor , and my mother too proud , to keep PART THIRD 125.
Page 132
... heart , prayed each night for its conversion , as if it were a loved sinner . He believed this event to be not very far off accomplishment , and told me once , with an amazing simplicity of certitude , that " there will be a great joy ...
... heart , prayed each night for its conversion , as if it were a loved sinner . He believed this event to be not very far off accomplishment , and told me once , with an amazing simplicity of certitude , that " there will be a great joy ...
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... heart which was not at ease ? Then the quadrangle became dumb in its immobility , half sheen , half night , with its arcades , the soothing plash of water , with its expiring lights , in a suggestion of Castilian severity , enveloped by ...
... heart which was not at ease ? Then the quadrangle became dumb in its immobility , half sheen , half night , with its arcades , the soothing plash of water , with its expiring lights , in a suggestion of Castilian severity , enveloped by ...
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... heart . Below , a voice at the gate challenged , " Who goes there ? " I ran on . Two tiny flames burned before Carlos ' door at the end of the long vista , and two of Seraphina's maids shrank away from the great mahogany panels at my ...
... heart . Below , a voice at the gate challenged , " Who goes there ? " I ran on . Two tiny flames burned before Carlos ' door at the end of the long vista , and two of Seraphina's maids shrank away from the great mahogany panels at my ...
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