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Page 103
... women were out of Griffith's hearing , the mistress laid her hand on the servant's arm , and , giv- ing way to her feelings , said , all in a flutter : " Child , if I have been a good mistress to thee , show it now . Help me keep him in ...
... women were out of Griffith's hearing , the mistress laid her hand on the servant's arm , and , giv- ing way to her feelings , said , all in a flutter : " Child , if I have been a good mistress to thee , show it now . Help me keep him in ...
Page 105
... woman was ter- rible , — more terrible perhaps to a brave man than to a coward . - Then he put his hands in his pockets with a dogged air , and said , grinding his teeth , " But as you are not a man , and I'm not a woman , we can't ...
... woman was ter- rible , — more terrible perhaps to a brave man than to a coward . - Then he put his hands in his pockets with a dogged air , and said , grinding his teeth , " But as you are not a man , and I'm not a woman , we can't ...
Page 106
... women : you are always in the wrong if you treat ' em like men . They are not wicked : they are weak . And this one hath lain in my bosom , and borne me two children , and one he lieth in the churchyard , and t'other hath her hair and ...
... women : you are always in the wrong if you treat ' em like men . They are not wicked : they are weak . And this one hath lain in my bosom , and borne me two children , and one he lieth in the churchyard , and t'other hath her hair and ...
Page 108
... women are not wicked , but weak ? Who would think that after this he could get the better of her good resolves , the villain ! " Now read his reply , " said Father Francis . " Ay , " said Griffith . " So this is his one word of reply ...
... women are not wicked , but weak ? Who would think that after this he could get the better of her good resolves , the villain ! " Now read his reply , " said Father Francis . " Ay , " said Griffith . " So this is his one word of reply ...
Page 110
... women are : ex- citement gives us strength . With thinking that our unhappiness was at an end , — that , when he ... woman's nature , and took this trying task upon me - broke in upon us , with the face of a fiend ; trampled on the poor ...
... women are : ex- citement gives us strength . With thinking that our unhappiness was at an end , — that , when he ... woman's nature , and took this trying task upon me - broke in upon us , with the face of a fiend ; trampled on the poor ...
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