Silcote of SilcotesMacmillan, 1869 - 439 pages |
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... WALK · 125 CHAPTER XXII . THE MAN IN THE MACKINTOSH • 131 · CHAPTER XXIII . ARTHUR GOES TO TEA WITH MISS RAYLOCK CHAPTER XXIV . IN WHICH DORA DISCOVERS A SECRET • 140 151 CHAPTER XXV . AND KEEPS IT TO HERSELF • 158 CHAPTER XXVI . THE ...
... WALK · 125 CHAPTER XXII . THE MAN IN THE MACKINTOSH • 131 · CHAPTER XXIII . ARTHUR GOES TO TEA WITH MISS RAYLOCK CHAPTER XXIV . IN WHICH DORA DISCOVERS A SECRET • 140 151 CHAPTER XXV . AND KEEPS IT TO HERSELF • 158 CHAPTER XXVI . THE ...
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... walk with the elasticity and grace of the game - keeper : forty years in heavy boots , among sticky clay fallows , had taken the elasticity out of his legs , and they seemed to drag somewhat ; nevertheless that dearly - loved figure was ...
... walk with the elasticity and grace of the game - keeper : forty years in heavy boots , among sticky clay fallows , had taken the elasticity out of his legs , and they seemed to drag somewhat ; nevertheless that dearly - loved figure was ...
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... walking the others by a little , and then with an impatient look right and left coming back into the line again . James had never seen anything like this gentleman before , and at once set it down with himself that he must be Lord ...
... walking the others by a little , and then with an impatient look right and left coming back into the line again . James had never seen anything like this gentleman before , and at once set it down with himself that he must be Lord ...
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... walking through stinging nettles ; and you cry when you go through a lock . I am afraid of those dogs , and so is Reggy . I can't think why grandpa keeps such a lot of brutes about the place . " " You have no business to wonder ...
... walking through stinging nettles ; and you cry when you go through a lock . I am afraid of those dogs , and so is Reggy . I can't think why grandpa keeps such a lot of brutes about the place . " " You have no business to wonder ...
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... walking , the butler gra- tuitously informed him , without waiting for any encourage- ment to speak , that " Miss was ... walk , with Anne , wonderfully agreeable and exquisitely good , beside him . They went into the flower - garden ...
... walking , the butler gra- tuitously informed him , without waiting for any encourage- ment to speak , that " Miss was ... walk , with Anne , wonderfully agreeable and exquisitely good , beside him . They went into the flower - garden ...
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