Can you forgive her?Gebbie, 1900 |
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... duchess , and as she was decidedly Alice's cousin , of course Alice should go to her house when invited . It must be acknowledged that Lady Macleod was not selfish in her worship of rank . She had played out her game in life , and there ...
... duchess , and as she was decidedly Alice's cousin , of course Alice should go to her house when invited . It must be acknowledged that Lady Macleod was not selfish in her worship of rank . She had played out her game in life , and there ...
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... Duchess of St. Bungay is here , and Mr. Palliser will be angry if I don't do pretty to her . The Duke is to be the new President of the Council , or rather , I believe he is President now . I try to remember it all , but it is so hard ...
... Duchess of St. Bungay is here , and Mr. Palliser will be angry if I don't do pretty to her . The Duke is to be the new President of the Council , or rather , I believe he is President now . I try to remember it all , but it is so hard ...
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... Duchess , do come to the fire . I hope you've got warm again . This is my cousin , Miss Vavasor . " warm . The Duchess made a stiff little bow of condescen- sion , and then declared that she was charmingly " I don't know how you manage ...
... Duchess , do come to the fire . I hope you've got warm again . This is my cousin , Miss Vavasor . " warm . The Duchess made a stiff little bow of condescen- sion , and then declared that she was charmingly " I don't know how you manage ...
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... Duchess was a woman of about forty , very handsome , but with no meaning in her beauty , carrying a good fixed colour in her face , which did not look like paint , but which probably had received some little assistance from art . She ...
... Duchess was a woman of about forty , very handsome , but with no meaning in her beauty , carrying a good fixed colour in her face , which did not look like paint , but which probably had received some little assistance from art . She ...
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Anthony Trollope. tion of the word pipes an almost hidden imitation of the Duchess's whistle . It must have been so , for at the moment Lady Glencora's eye met Alice's for an instant , and was then withdrawn , so that Alice was compelled ...
Anthony Trollope. tion of the word pipes an almost hidden imitation of the Duchess's whistle . It must have been so , for at the moment Lady Glencora's eye met Alice's for an instant , and was then withdrawn , so that Alice was compelled ...
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ain't Alice Vavasor Alice's answer aunt better Bott Bungay Burgo Fitzgerald Calder Jones called Cambridgeshire Captain Bellfield certainly Cheesacre Cheltenham Claydon's Conway Sparkes course cousin dear declared dinner doubt drawing-room Duchess Duke eyes Fairstairs father feel felt gentleman George Vavasor girl give gone Greenow Grimes Grindley hand happy heard heart hope horse hounds hunting husband Iphy Jeannette Jeffrey Palliser John Grey Kate Vavasor knew Lady Glen Lady Glencora Lady Macleod Lady Midlothian lived London look marriage married Matching Priory matter Maxwell mean mind Miss Vavasor morning Nethercoats never niece Norwich occasion Oilymead Oxfordshire perhaps Plantagenet Palliser Pollock poor pounds Queen Anne Street ride Roebury Scruby Sir William speak spoke suppose sure Switzerland talk tell There's thing thought told Vava widow wife wish woman word Yarmouth young
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312 ページ - Alice, you must tell me something about yourself, too ; won't you, dear ? " Then without waiting for an answer Lady Glencora went, leaving Alice in a maze of bewilderment. She could hardly believe that all she had heard, and all she had done, had happened . since she left Queen Anne Street that morning. CHAPTER' XXIV. THREE POLITICIANS. MR. PALLISER was one of those politicians in possessing whom England has perhaps more reason to be proud than of any other of her resources, and who, as a body, give...
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