Works, Volume 1Houghton-Miflin, 1882 |
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Page 229
... woman spoke , a smile glim- mered on her countenance , like lamplight on the wall of a sepulchre . The lady trembled , and cast her eyes upward to the verge of the basin , as if meditating to return with her purpose unaccomplished . But ...
... woman spoke , a smile glim- mered on her countenance , like lamplight on the wall of a sepulchre . The lady trembled , and cast her eyes upward to the verge of the basin , as if meditating to return with her purpose unaccomplished . But ...
Page 231
... woman querulous and tearful , and their words were all of sorrow . They spoke of a daughter , a wanderer they knew ... woman , smiling in the lady's face . " And did you also hear them ? " exclaimed she , a sense of intolerable ...
... woman querulous and tearful , and their words were all of sorrow . They spoke of a daughter , a wanderer they knew ... woman , smiling in the lady's face . " And did you also hear them ? " exclaimed she , a sense of intolerable ...
Page 232
... woman's per- fidy , of a wife who had broken her holiest vows , of a home and heart made desolate . Even as he went on , the shout , the laugh , the shriek , the sob , rose up in unison , till they changed into the hollow , fitful , and ...
... woman's per- fidy , of a wife who had broken her holiest vows , of a home and heart made desolate . Even as he went on , the shout , the laugh , the shriek , the sob , rose up in unison , till they changed into the hollow , fitful , and ...
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