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... hours . He ever found a good dinner awaiting him , and his wife held herself in readiness to do what he wished during the evening , so far as the claims of the children permitted . Therefore there were few more contented men in the city ...
... hours . He ever found a good dinner awaiting him , and his wife held herself in readiness to do what he wished during the evening , so far as the claims of the children permitted . Therefore there were few more contented men in the city ...
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... hours were over , however , Graydon gave himself up to the gratification of his social tastes . His vitality and flow of spirits were so im- mense that wherever he went he always caused a breezy ripple of excitement . Even veteran ...
... hours were over , however , Graydon gave himself up to the gratification of his social tastes . His vitality and flow of spirits were so im- mense that wherever he went he always caused a breezy ripple of excitement . Even veteran ...
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... hour at a time , and again she would be so languid that no coaxing could lure her from the sofa . Occasionally she would even read aloud a few pages with her musical and sympathetic voice , but would soon throw down the book with an air ...
... hour at a time , and again she would be so languid that no coaxing could lure her from the sofa . Occasionally she would even read aloud a few pages with her musical and sympathetic voice , but would soon throw down the book with an air ...
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... hours she scarcely knew . She did not dare to think . Indeed , the effort was scarcely possible , for her mind was at first in tumult , with only one thing clear , a poignant sense of loss and trouble . Graydon was a long time away ...
... hours she scarcely knew . She did not dare to think . Indeed , the effort was scarcely possible , for her mind was at first in tumult , with only one thing clear , a poignant sense of loss and trouble . Graydon was a long time away ...
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... hour her old ease and freedom . with him had gone . She wondered at the change in herself , yet knew that it was as definite and de- cided as if she had become another person . When he had brought her the glass of water she could look ...
... hour her old ease and freedom . with him had gone . She wondered at the change in herself , yet knew that it was as definite and de- cided as if she had become another person . When he had brought her the glass of water she could look ...
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