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... there ; I perceived also a slight flutter in her way of moving , and she started if spoken to suddenly . Indeed she shrank back as if I had struck her when , not being able to keep silence any I. ] 23 A WEDDING STORY .
... there ; I perceived also a slight flutter in her way of moving , and she started if spoken to suddenly . Indeed she shrank back as if I had struck her when , not being able to keep silence any I. ] 23 A WEDDING STORY .
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lady Mary Anne Broome. her when , not being able to keep silence any longer , I asked quite abruptly , " Who is Mr. Kenneth , Mrs. Ramsay ? and where does he live ? " She answered my second question first , as if it had been the most ...
lady Mary Anne Broome. her when , not being able to keep silence any longer , I asked quite abruptly , " Who is Mr. Kenneth , Mrs. Ramsay ? and where does he live ? " She answered my second question first , as if it had been the most ...
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... silent air , and allowed the last caws from the Rector's rookery to be heard . As the soft sunset splendours faded out of the sky , and rest and peace seemed to descend from heaven and brood over all the fair earth , the curfew bell ...
... silent air , and allowed the last caws from the Rector's rookery to be heard . As the soft sunset splendours faded out of the sky , and rest and peace seemed to descend from heaven and brood over all the fair earth , the curfew bell ...
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... silent doctor , who had not said one encouraging word for three days , whispered , “ Go down and tell Mr. Saville she'll do now , " Helen described with great humour how jaded and weary and ugly she looked as she stole downstairs to the ...
... silent doctor , who had not said one encouraging word for three days , whispered , “ Go down and tell Mr. Saville she'll do now , " Helen described with great humour how jaded and weary and ugly she looked as she stole downstairs to the ...
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... silence , twenty years before , in the first weeks of his great , lifelong desolation , no one would have wondered ... silent , grave uncle . As a rule he did not en- courage visits even from near relations , but more than once the ...
... silence , twenty years before , in the first weeks of his great , lifelong desolation , no one would have wondered ... silent , grave uncle . As a rule he did not en- courage visits even from near relations , but more than once the ...
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