Strange StoriesChatto & Windus, 1884 - 356 páginas |
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... face , dazzled poor Ethel , for he was more of a scholar and a gentleman than anybody with whom she had ever before had the chance of conversing on equal terms . When Ethel turned the course of talk to Africa , the young parson was ...
... face , dazzled poor Ethel , for he was more of a scholar and a gentleman than anybody with whom she had ever before had the chance of conversing on equal terms . When Ethel turned the course of talk to Africa , the young parson was ...
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... face , the uninten- tional dilatation of her delicate nostrils , the faint puckering at the corner of her lips , and knew with a negro's quick instinct of face - reading what it all meant . " Oh , Miss Ethel , " he said , with a touch ...
... face , the uninten- tional dilatation of her delicate nostrils , the faint puckering at the corner of her lips , and knew with a negro's quick instinct of face - reading what it all meant . " Oh , Miss Ethel , " he said , with a touch ...
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... face changed and his hand fell as if she had stabbed him . " Ethie , " he said in a low voice , creeping back to her like a whipped spaniel , " Ethie , my darling , my own soul , my beloved ; what have I done ! Oh , heavens , I will ...
... face changed and his hand fell as if she had stabbed him . " Ethie , " he said in a low voice , creeping back to her like a whipped spaniel , " Ethie , my darling , my own soul , my beloved ; what have I done ! Oh , heavens , I will ...
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... faces , so sick at heart with that burning and devouring horror ! She reeled and staggered down the street , not knowing how or where she went , till at the end , beneath the two tall date - palms , she saw lights flashing and heard the ...
... faces , so sick at heart with that burning and devouring horror ! She reeled and staggered down the street , not knowing how or where she went , till at the end , beneath the two tall date - palms , she saw lights flashing and heard the ...
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... face . John Creedy wrote a few words on a piece of paper , which he folded in his hand , gave a few directions in Fantee to the woman at the bedside , and then hurried out like one on fire into the darkness outside . III . It was thirty ...
... face . John Creedy wrote a few words on a piece of paper , which he folded in his hand , gave a few directions in Fantee to the woman at the bedside , and then hurried out like one on fire into the darkness outside . III . It was thirty ...
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