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"Husband,don'tletusspeakofLordLuxmore."Againthatsigh--quiteghostlyinthedarkness.Theyhearditlikewiset ...
"Ihaveseenitgraduallylowering--thesetwohours.Ithoughtyouweredrawingoffthewater.""Nothingofthekind--I ...
Iunderstood,almostaswellashiswifedid,whatthosebriefanswersindicated;so,stealingawaytothetablewhereGu ...
ThereisathreatofaParthianwar.Cassius'sdespatchwasemptybrag:thatofBibulushadnotarrived:whenthatisread ...
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"IamverygladIwaswithyouto-day,--veryglad,father,"shekeptsaying.Hesaid,asoften--twiceasoften--thatnex ...
"Sheiscome,darling!littleMaudiscome.Iamveryrich--forIhavetwodaughtersnow.""Murielisglad,father."Buts ...
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"Ashepherd'sdog,togivetongue,"saidJohn,dryly."Inshort,apublicorator.IntheHouse,oroutofit?""Both."And ...
WhenMrs.Halifax,quiteconvalescent,wasbroughttriumphantlytoheroldplaceatourhappySundaydinner-table,an ...
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