A strange world, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'. |
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... told us how his son had died . " He died like a gentleman - upholding the honour of his Queen and his country , and the name of Penwyn , " said the master , without a tremble in his voice , though it was feebler than before the VOL . II ...
... told us how his son had died . " He died like a gentleman - upholding the honour of his Queen and his country , and the name of Penwyn , " said the master , without a tremble in his voice , though it was feebler than before the VOL . II ...
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... told me his history . ' It hangs in the old Squire's study . It's a bit of a room , and I forgot to show it to you just now . ' Maurice followed her across the hall to a small door in a corner , deeply recessed and low , but solid ...
... told me his history . ' It hangs in the old Squire's study . It's a bit of a room , and I forgot to show it to you just now . ' Maurice followed her across the hall to a small door in a corner , deeply recessed and low , but solid ...
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... lodging . to pay a fair price for a clean The housekeeper at Penwyn Manor told me to try here . ' ' Then she sent you on a fool's errand , ' replied the woman ; ' we don't take lodgers . ' ' Not as a rule perhaps , but you might.
... lodging . to pay a fair price for a clean The housekeeper at Penwyn Manor told me to try here . ' ' Then she sent you on a fool's errand , ' replied the woman ; ' we don't take lodgers . ' ' Not as a rule perhaps , but you might.
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... told himself . ' Phantoms must surely be soundless . Now I heard the slipshod feet upon the floor . I heard the scrooping of the chair . I can see a gentle heaving of the breast under that shroud - like garment . Ergo my visitor is not ...
... told himself . ' Phantoms must surely be soundless . Now I heard the slipshod feet upon the floor . I heard the scrooping of the chair . I can see a gentle heaving of the breast under that shroud - like garment . Ergo my visitor is not ...
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... told me fairy stories , and sung to me in the twilight . Many a time I've fallen asleep in her lap , lulled by her sweet voice , when I was a little chap of eight or nine . There were only us two , and she was very fond of me . Poor ...
... told me fairy stories , and sung to me in the twilight . Many a time I've fallen asleep in her lap , lulled by her sweet voice , when I was a little chap of eight or nine . There were only us two , and she was very fond of me . Poor ...
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actress asked Maurice beauty better Borcel End bright burglar Cavendish Square child chintz church Churchill Penwyn clotted cream comfort Cornish Cornwall dare say dark Darvis daughter dear dinner door dress Eborsham Elspeth eyes face fair fancy father feel fellow fire Flittergilt gipsy girl grandmother grey hair hand happy hear heard heart Helstone hour husband James Penwyn's Justina kind knew Lady Cheshunt light lodge lodge-keeper London look Madge Manor House married Martin Trevanard Matthew Elgood Maurice Clissold Maurice's mind Miss Bellingham moorland morning mother murder Muriel never old woman Penwyn Manor perhaps pleasant poet poor pretty Rebecca Seacomb seemed seen servant Sir Lewis Dallas sister sorrow soul Squire Squire's supper suppose sweet talk Tarpan tell theatre There's thing thought Maurice told Tresillian turned Viola walked wife word young
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Page 246 - To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way...
Page 34 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!
Page 24 - ... occasionally felt severely the loss of her children; often when she thought of them, she shut herself up in her garret, and wept bitterly. She carefully avoided schools, and every place where children were to be met; and seemed to be particularly conscientious in paying off the debts of Gottfried. She loved money, not so much for its own sake, as because it afforded her the means of making a figure among her acquaintances, and so of gratifying her vanity. Yet in spite of all these murders, she...