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Page 17
... soon learned , however , that behind his sunny good - nature was a fiery and impatient spirit , ready to manifest itself if he was chafed beyond a certain point , and so a slight ele- ment of fear was mingled with her child - like affec ...
... soon learned , however , that behind his sunny good - nature was a fiery and impatient spirit , ready to manifest itself if he was chafed beyond a certain point , and so a slight ele- ment of fear was mingled with her child - like affec ...
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... soon cease to cast a shadow ; " and she , with a lan- guid curiosity , would easily beguile from him a por- trayal of the scenes through which he had just passed . She cared little for them , but from his stores of vitality and strength ...
... soon cease to cast a shadow ; " and she , with a lan- guid curiosity , would easily beguile from him a por- trayal of the scenes through which he had just passed . She cared little for them , but from his stores of vitality and strength ...
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... soon quaver and break , and she com- plained that it tired her to sing . That ended the matter , for anything that wearied her was not to be thought of . Thus she had drifted on with time , unconscious of herself , unconscious of the ...
... soon quaver and break , and she com- plained that it tired her to sing . That ended the matter , for anything that wearied her was not to be thought of . Thus she had drifted on with time , unconscious of herself , unconscious of the ...
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... 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 of exhaustion , and plead that he would read to her 24 A YOUNG GIRL'S WOOING .
... 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 of exhaustion , and plead that he would read to her 24 A YOUNG GIRL'S WOOING .
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... soon be stronger . You understand me better than Dr. Anderson can . You are the best and kindest nurse that ever breathed , and I've had enough of doctors . I'll take anything you give me . ' " " These politic words appealed to Mrs ...
... soon be stronger . You understand me better than Dr. Anderson can . You are the best and kindest nurse that ever breathed , and I've had enough of doctors . I'll take anything you give me . ' " " These politic words appealed to Mrs ...
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