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Page 179
... Winthrop was at Southampton with the mother and child . The date when the money was drawn out from the bank corresponds pretty accurately with the old man's statement . There is no doubt of it . So far , then , there is some progress ...
... Winthrop was at Southampton with the mother and child . The date when the money was drawn out from the bank corresponds pretty accurately with the old man's statement . There is no doubt of it . So far , then , there is some progress ...
Page 221
... Winthrop's counsels , might make himself exceedingly disagreeable . After crossing Rentworth Moor by an unfrequented lane or drove for cattle , Winthrop struck the hills at a point to the eastward of Beaumont House , and ascended by a ...
... Winthrop's counsels , might make himself exceedingly disagreeable . After crossing Rentworth Moor by an unfrequented lane or drove for cattle , Winthrop struck the hills at a point to the eastward of Beaumont House , and ascended by a ...
Page 222
... Winthrop hastily quitted the house . He turned down one of the cross - roads , walking at a rapid pace . By and by the road descended into a sequestered valley , where stood a large plain - looking building surrounded by high walls ...
... Winthrop hastily quitted the house . He turned down one of the cross - roads , walking at a rapid pace . By and by the road descended into a sequestered valley , where stood a large plain - looking building surrounded by high walls ...
Page 224
... Winthrop , as it will now be convenient to term him , into this apartment , and care- fully shut and bolted the door into the garden and closed the shutter , pushed a seat towards him . He himself sat down in an easy - chair , formerly ...
... Winthrop , as it will now be convenient to term him , into this apartment , and care- fully shut and bolted the door into the garden and closed the shutter , pushed a seat towards him . He himself sat down in an easy - chair , formerly ...
Page 226
... Winthrop , that I've felt considerably sore about this matter - I'll not deny it . " And for a moment anything but an amiable expression crossed his flushed and somewhat bloated countenance . " But I'm of a forgiving temper , Mr. Winthrop ...
... Winthrop , that I've felt considerably sore about this matter - I'll not deny it . " And for a moment anything but an amiable expression crossed his flushed and somewhat bloated countenance . " But I'm of a forgiving temper , Mr. Winthrop ...
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