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... hand to me , and - and - offered to marry me , I would turn away from her and leave her . I would , though I love her now as much as ever - ay , far more than ever . " Lambert again shook his head , and smiled - a melancholy smile ...
... hand to me , and - and - offered to marry me , I would turn away from her and leave her . I would , though I love her now as much as ever - ay , far more than ever . " Lambert again shook his head , and smiled - a melancholy smile ...
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... hand , while he looked inquiringly at me . " Would you mind , " he asked , " if I were to- " and he stopped . " Mind ... hands and separated . CHAPTER XV . THE HEAVY FATHER'S MISTAKE . MY parting words to Lambert expressed not too ...
... hand , while he looked inquiringly at me . " Would you mind , " he asked , " if I were to- " and he stopped . " Mind ... hands and separated . CHAPTER XV . THE HEAVY FATHER'S MISTAKE . MY parting words to Lambert expressed not too ...
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... hand to his head , but stopped . I do believe he was about to say , " This hair I tear is mine ! " but , recollecting that he only wore a wig , he checked himself in time . “ I am not mad ! That lady is my daughter . " " No , she ain't ...
... hand to his head , but stopped . I do believe he was about to say , " This hair I tear is mine ! " but , recollecting that he only wore a wig , he checked himself in time . “ I am not mad ! That lady is my daughter . " " No , she ain't ...
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... hand . " I asked him about his accident . He had been staying a few days at the hotel , when he met a man at the table - d'hôte with whom he got into conversation . They agreed to take an excursion together up the Petit Salève . In the ...
... hand . " I asked him about his accident . He had been staying a few days at the hotel , when he met a man at the table - d'hôte with whom he got into conversation . They agreed to take an excursion together up the Petit Salève . In the ...
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... hand . Poor girl , her trouble was terrible . At last she piteously begged my counsel and guidance . Then I gradually broke it to her that she had a friend near - who , I did not know - waiting to receive her . On my describing him ...
... hand . Poor girl , her trouble was terrible . At last she piteously begged my counsel and guidance . Then I gradually broke it to her that she had a friend near - who , I did not know - waiting to receive her . On my describing him ...
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