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... whole world in them of passion and of power , and yet melting into wonderful tender- ness at the least touch of sorrow , or at the first sight of pain . A profusion of dark hair , banded smoothly near her face , and wound in a cable ...
... whole world in them of passion and of power , and yet melting into wonderful tender- ness at the least touch of sorrow , or at the first sight of pain . A profusion of dark hair , banded smoothly near her face , and wound in a cable ...
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... . Her father was simply indifferent to her for the first few years . Then , as her prettiness began to dawn upon him , he would , from time to time , show her some marks of kindness and Gwladys . 9 favour . But , on the whole.
... . Her father was simply indifferent to her for the first few years . Then , as her prettiness began to dawn upon him , he would , from time to time , show her some marks of kindness and Gwladys . 9 favour . But , on the whole.
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... whole , Gwladys feared more than she loved him ; and when she grew older and he began to insist on her appearing at dinner and doing the honours of his house to his guests , who were mostly of a ' fast ' and rollicking description , her ...
... whole , Gwladys feared more than she loved him ; and when she grew older and he began to insist on her appearing at dinner and doing the honours of his house to his guests , who were mostly of a ' fast ' and rollicking description , her ...
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... whole , may be said to have been happy , though rather solitary , and her girlhood still more so , until an event occurred which coloured her whole future life . Among the rare and somewhat distant neigh- bours whom Colonel Murray's ...
... whole , may be said to have been happy , though rather solitary , and her girlhood still more so , until an event occurred which coloured her whole future life . Among the rare and somewhat distant neigh- bours whom Colonel Murray's ...
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... whole tone of the house was one in all ways helpful to the formation of Gwladys ' character . Captain Vere had in- herited this property about twenty - six years before , and set himself immediately to work to raise and improve the ...
... whole tone of the house was one in all ways helpful to the formation of Gwladys ' character . Captain Vere had in- herited this property about twenty - six years before , and set himself immediately to work to raise and improve the ...
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