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Page 13
... manner toward the young girl , as far as his absorbed and busy life permitted , had been almost paternal . He was a quiet , reticent man , who had apparently concentrated every faculty of soul and body on the problem of commercial ...
... manner toward the young girl , as far as his absorbed and busy life permitted , had been almost paternal . He was a quiet , reticent man , who had apparently concentrated every faculty of soul and body on the problem of commercial ...
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... manner were bracing to her over - sensitive and timid soul , and his un- affected , unforced kindness was so constant that she gradually came to regard it as one of the best cer- tainties of her life . She soon learned , however , that ...
... manner were bracing to her over - sensitive and timid soul , and his un- affected , unforced kindness was so constant that she gradually came to regard it as one of the best cer- tainties of her life . She soon learned , however , that ...
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... manner toward her had grown into a habit , which had its source in his kindly disposition . To him she was but a weak , sickly little girl , with a dismal present and a more dreary outlook . Sometimes he mentally compared her with the ...
... manner toward her had grown into a habit , which had its source in his kindly disposition . To him she was but a weak , sickly little girl , with a dismal present and a more dreary outlook . Sometimes he mentally compared her with the ...
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... manner in which she greeted the men who sought her atten- tion , and many there were . She could be perfectly polite , yet as repellent as ice , or she could smile with a fascination that even Madge felt would be hard to resist . This ...
... manner in which she greeted the men who sought her atten- tion , and many there were . She could be perfectly polite , yet as repellent as ice , or she could smile with a fascination that even Madge felt would be hard to resist . This ...
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... manner , that he would be the same . But a change had occurred in her which made the fabled transmutations of magic wands seem superficial indeed . Would he note this change ? Could he guess the cause ? Oh , what was the cause ? Even ...
... manner , that he would be the same . But a change had occurred in her which made the fabled transmutations of magic wands seem superficial indeed . Would he note this change ? Could he guess the cause ? Oh , what was the cause ? Even ...
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