A Noble Life, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - 184 pages |
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... answering , might have enabled the Captain to guess at the probable disposal of his property . He could come to no other conclusion than that Captain Bruce had married Helen with the same motive which must have induced his appearance at ...
... answering , might have enabled the Captain to guess at the probable disposal of his property . He could come to no other conclusion than that Captain Bruce had married Helen with the same motive which must have induced his appearance at ...
Page 57
... answer came . No clue whatsoever . Though , from even the first week , Helen's letters reached the Manse as regularly as clock - work . But they were mere outside letters very sweet and loving - telling her father every thing that could ...
... answer came . No clue whatsoever . Though , from even the first week , Helen's letters reached the Manse as regularly as clock - work . But they were mere outside letters very sweet and loving - telling her father every thing that could ...
Page 79
... answered her letter , he could not , without being a complete hypocrite ; and she had not written again . He did not expect it : scarcely - — - sore . wished it and yet the blank was More and more he withdrew from all but necessary ...
... answered her letter , he could not , without being a complete hypocrite ; and she had not written again . He did not expect it : scarcely - — - sore . wished it and yet the blank was More and more he withdrew from all but necessary ...
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... answer to - he what I told her of Duncan was always her pet , you know . How she used to carry him about the garden even when he grew quite a big ― boy . Poor Helen ! " While the minister went on talking , feebly and wanderingly , in a ...
... answer to - he what I told her of Duncan was always her pet , you know . How she used to carry him about the garden even when he grew quite a big ― boy . Poor Helen ! " While the minister went on talking , feebly and wanderingly , in a ...
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... answer . " Surely , " entreated the father , anx- iously ; " surely you do not think the lassie is unhappy ? " " This is not a very happy world , " said the Earl , sadly . " But I do be- lieve that , if anything had been seriously wrong ...
... answer . " Surely , " entreated the father , anx- iously ; " surely you do not think the lassie is unhappy ? " " This is not a very happy world , " said the Earl , sadly . " But I do be- lieve that , if anything had been seriously wrong ...
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