Six Years Ago: A NovelG. Routledge, 1878 - 377 ページ |
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Adolph Platz Alster Altona amid arms aunt ball beautiful Benisrael Berlin bitter burgomaster Captain carriage Caspar Bastion chassepot cheek colour costume countess Cuirassiers dark Diedrich Wolfhart dreadful Eisenach Elbe emotion exclaimed eyes face father fell felt fire Fraulein French Garde Mobile Gate German girl glance Gott Graf von Inveruglas Grafine Gretchen Hamburg hand handsome happy heard heart Herr Colonel Herr Graf Herr Pastor Herr Wolfhart Hohenthal honour hour Iron Cross Josephine Judith knew ladies laughing letter looked Ludwig Grahame madame Margarethe Nerenstein meerschaum morning mother Mulhausen muttered needle-gun never niece night notary oberfeldwebel officer Otto Arnswald passed passion perhaps peril Pokehorn prison Prussian regiment replied Ludwig Rhine Rhinelanders Rudiger Oldendorf Ruitz scene schloss seemed silver smile soldier strange Strasburg sword terrible thought Ludwig Turcos Uhlans voice Von Hohenthal watched Wieland wounded young count young Graf
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