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Side 5
... Miss Mainwaring as she sits in the arm - chair in her firelit drawing - room . Her face , as you can see it in the mingling of twilight and firelight , is somewhat hard , -not one , at first sight , which would attract people to pour ...
... Miss Mainwaring as she sits in the arm - chair in her firelit drawing - room . Her face , as you can see it in the mingling of twilight and firelight , is somewhat hard , -not one , at first sight , which would attract people to pour ...
Side 8
... Miss Mainwaring considered herself to be " superior . " She did not wish to hold herself aloof ; she was not a man - hater , or any other specimen of woman- hood peculiar to the nineteenth century . She was simply one who had been ...
... Miss Mainwaring considered herself to be " superior . " She did not wish to hold herself aloof ; she was not a man - hater , or any other specimen of woman- hood peculiar to the nineteenth century . She was simply one who had been ...
Side 9
... Mainwaring still . Ere long Miss Mainwaring seemed to find gazing into the fire but a dreary way of passing the time , for she rose and began pacing slowly up and down , now and again pausing to look forth into the foggy Square , and ...
... Mainwaring still . Ere long Miss Mainwaring seemed to find gazing into the fire but a dreary way of passing the time , for she rose and began pacing slowly up and down , now and again pausing to look forth into the foggy Square , and ...
Side 10
... Miss Mainwaring , who , having long ceased to be young herself , and having of course little of her own wherein to interest herself , had always plenty of time to sympathise with her girl friend . And to the girl friend it was pleasant ...
... Miss Mainwaring , who , having long ceased to be young herself , and having of course little of her own wherein to interest herself , had always plenty of time to sympathise with her girl friend . And to the girl friend it was pleasant ...
Side 11
... Miss Mainwaring had nothing to tell of herself . She was always a willing listener ; and herein , I think , lay her principal charm for Cicely . Am I drawing her somewhat harshly ? I hope not . For in truth her faults were , after all ...
... Miss Mainwaring had nothing to tell of herself . She was always a willing listener ; and herein , I think , lay her principal charm for Cicely . Am I drawing her somewhat harshly ? I hope not . For in truth her faults were , after all ...
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