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He soon, however, got himself away. When he rose to go, Alexandrina also rose, and he was permitted to press his nose against her cheekbone by way of a salute.
'Good-night, Adolphus,' said the countess, putting out her hand to him. 'But stop a minute; I know there is something I want you to do for me. But you will look in as you go to your office to-morrow morning.'
— Sep 10, 2026 12:52PM
'Good-night, Adolphus,' said the countess, putting out her hand to him. 'But stop a minute; I know there is something I want you to do for me. But you will look in as you go to your office to-morrow morning.'
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It was thus that he thought of himself as he sat moping over his solitary table in the hotel coffee-room. He acknowledged to himself that he had not hitherto been a man; but at the same time he made some revolution which, I trust, may assist him in commencing his manhood from this date.
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'I shall never win her, Lady Julia.' As he spoke these last words, the tears were running down his cheeks, and he was weeping openly in the presence of his companion. It was well for him that she had come upon him in his sorrow. When he once knew that she had seen his tears, he could pour out to her the whole story of his grief; (...)
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Page 453: (...) Under such circumstances, would it not be well that Bell's marriage should be so arranged that the lodging question might not be in any degree complicated by her necessities? This was the last suggestion made by Dr. Crofts, induced no doubt by the great encouragement he had received.
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(....) And she made way for him to a chair between her and the wall. Cradell looked half afraid of his fortunes as he took the proffered seat; but he did take it, and was soon secured from any positive physical attack by the strength and breadth of Miss Roper's crinoline.
— Sep 12, 2026 09:35AM
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In the evening, the first volume of the French Revolution had been procured, and Lily stuck to her reading with laudable perseverance; till at eight, her mother insisted on her going to bed, queen as she was.
— Sep 11, 2026 10:17AM
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After that, Mrs Dale walked home through the garden by herself. He had studiously told her that the house in which they lived should be lent, not to her, but to her children, during his lifetime. He had positively declined the offer of her warmer regard. (...)
— Sep 09, 2026 03:06PM
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Johnny was allowed to make his way down to the platform, and there find his own carpet-bag. One young porter, however, came up and fraternized with him.
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It was then a quarter past eleven, but nevertheless, Eames appeared at his office precisely at twelve.
— Sep 08, 2026 02:30PM
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It was then a quarter past eleven, but nevertheless, Eames appeared at his office precisely at twelve.
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He did not answer her, but took her hand and pressed it, and then she left him. 'The Dales were ever constant!' he said to himself, as he walked up and down the terrace before his house. 'Ever constant!'
— Sep 08, 2026 06:18AM
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(...) Whereupon the countess said that she had heard, and soon afterward managed to escape. The valet then took his turn and repeated, after his hour of service, that 'Old Nick' in his tantrums had been more like the Prince of Darkness than ever.
— Sep 07, 2026 01:48PM
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(...) Then, at last, he thawed beneath their kindness and told them the whole of the story. I fear that in recounting the earl's efforts with the spud, he hardly spoke of his patron with all that deference which would have been appropriate.
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