John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square., 1859 - 499 pages |
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Page 158
... Caroline ? " This frank question , put directly , and guarded by the battery of those innocent , girlish eyes , was a very hard question to be answered ; for Norton Bury had said many Il - natured things of our young ' squire's wife ...
... Caroline ? " This frank question , put directly , and guarded by the battery of those innocent , girlish eyes , was a very hard question to be answered ; for Norton Bury had said many Il - natured things of our young ' squire's wife ...
Page 161
... Caroline's own maid - so I heard afterwards - sat in the rumble , and Lady Caroline's own black - eyed Neapolitan page leaped down , bearing a large letter , which I concluded was for Miss March . I was glad that John was not at home ...
... Caroline's own maid - so I heard afterwards - sat in the rumble , and Lady Caroline's own black - eyed Neapolitan page leaped down , bearing a large letter , which I concluded was for Miss March . I was glad that John was not at home ...
Page 167
... since I saw you yes- terday . I am going to reside for a time with my cousins , the Brithwoods . It seems best for me . Lady Caroline is very kind , and I am so lonely . " She said this not in any compliment , but as JOHN HALIFAX . 16 .
... since I saw you yes- terday . I am going to reside for a time with my cousins , the Brithwoods . It seems best for me . Lady Caroline is very kind , and I am so lonely . " She said this not in any compliment , but as JOHN HALIFAX . 16 .
Page 172
... Caroline's account , though . She patronizes me very kindly ; but I doubt if she ever forgets , what Tom says I am rather too proud of re membering that I was the poor governess , Jane Cardigan . ' " Jane Cardigan ! " I exclaimed . And ...
... Caroline's account , though . She patronizes me very kindly ; but I doubt if she ever forgets , what Tom says I am rather too proud of re membering that I was the poor governess , Jane Cardigan . ' " Jane Cardigan ! " I exclaimed . And ...
Page 177
... Caroline , you mean ? " " Lady Caroline wishes particularly to see John . " Abel Fletcher stopped , planted his stick in the ground , released his arm from John's , and eyed him from top to toe . " Thee ? —a woman of quality wanting to ...
... Caroline , you mean ? " " Lady Caroline wishes particularly to see John . " Abel Fletcher stopped , planted his stick in the ground , released his arm from John's , and eyed him from top to toe . " Thee ? —a woman of quality wanting to ...
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