Taken Alive, and Other Stories: With an AutobiographyDodd, Mead, 1898 - 375 pages |
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Page 204
... Ackland i rose and put his hand on his friend's shoulder . " I admit that the subject is remote from my line of thought and wholly beyond my experience . If the affair is so serious I shall take it to heart . " " Serious ! Is it a ...
... Ackland i rose and put his hand on his friend's shoulder . " I admit that the subject is remote from my line of thought and wholly beyond my experience . If the affair is so serious I shall take it to heart . " " Serious ! Is it a ...
Page 205
... Ackland , giving his friend a hearty and encouraging thump , " you are sound in mind and limb ; what matters a scratch on the heart to a man not twenty- five ? " " Very well ; I'll say no more about it . lawyer I'll come to you ...
... Ackland , giving his friend a hearty and encouraging thump , " you are sound in mind and limb ; what matters a scratch on the heart to a man not twenty- five ? " " Very well ; I'll say no more about it . lawyer I'll come to you ...
Page 206
... Ackland , frowningly . " Probably ; at any rate she has taken all the color and zest out of my life . I wish some one could pay her back in her own coin . I don't suppose she has a heart ; but I wish her vanity might be wounded in a way ...
... Ackland , frowningly . " Probably ; at any rate she has taken all the color and zest out of my life . I wish some one could pay her back in her own coin . I don't suppose she has a heart ; but I wish her vanity might be wounded in a way ...
Page 207
... Ackland said farewell to his friend with the fear that he might never see him again , and a few days later found himself at a New England seaside resort , with a relentless purpose lurking in his dark eyes . sciously prove a useful ally ...
... Ackland said farewell to his friend with the fear that he might never see him again , and a few days later found himself at a New England seaside resort , with a relentless purpose lurking in his dark eyes . sciously prove a useful ally ...
Page 208
... Ackland's slight shrug was so contemptuous that his cousin was nettled , and she thought , " I wish the girl could disturb his complacent equinamity just a little . It vexes one to see a man so indifferent ; it's a slight to woman ...
... Ackland's slight shrug was so contemptuous that his cousin was nettled , and she thought , " I wish the girl could disturb his complacent equinamity just a little . It vexes one to see a man so indifferent ; it's a slight to woman ...
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