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... hearts are open and partings are over . Those who still remain behind on earth do not dislike to think or speak of that time , though it was certainly one of great family embarrassment . School - girl friendships are proverbial . Helen ...
... hearts are open and partings are over . Those who still remain behind on earth do not dislike to think or speak of that time , though it was certainly one of great family embarrassment . School - girl friendships are proverbial . Helen ...
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... heart and memory is of a sweet frank face , with health and good - temper sparkling in its kind eyes , and curving pleasant lines around the mouth . I only know that although no doubt she was a handsome girl enough , she aged into a far ...
... heart and memory is of a sweet frank face , with health and good - temper sparkling in its kind eyes , and curving pleasant lines around the mouth . I only know that although no doubt she was a handsome girl enough , she aged into a far ...
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... heart closer and closer to her own , year by year . Now I have positively done with the long retro- spective glance which possesses so much fascination for the old , and I will go on with my story , pass- ing briefly over that first ...
... heart closer and closer to her own , year by year . Now I have positively done with the long retro- spective glance which possesses so much fascination for the old , and I will go on with my story , pass- ing briefly over that first ...
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... heart that I was the most romantic of the two , in spite of my prim manners ; and I had cherished lately a faint hope that my favourite brother might some day meet Helen and fall in love with her . So he did , poor fellow , but not ...
... heart that I was the most romantic of the two , in spite of my prim manners ; and I had cherished lately a faint hope that my favourite brother might some day meet Helen and fall in love with her . So he did , poor fellow , but not ...
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... heart , and I suppose to Helen's also . I ate my breakfast with Miss Ramsay's help , for she declared she had gained a fresh appetite since her own meal ; and then she proposed that we should come down to the hall and play three ...
... heart , and I suppose to Helen's also . I ate my breakfast with Miss Ramsay's help , for she declared she had gained a fresh appetite since her own meal ; and then she proposed that we should come down to the hall and play three ...
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