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Pagina 23
... cloth . " I , for my part , intend to be safely moored in my bed by ten o'clock , " continued he , his grey- bearded chin moving rapidly as he ate . " Well , my dear , that is undeniably the most comfortable plan , " replied Mrs. Witt ...
... cloth . " I , for my part , intend to be safely moored in my bed by ten o'clock , " continued he , his grey- bearded chin moving rapidly as he ate . " Well , my dear , that is undeniably the most comfortable plan , " replied Mrs. Witt ...
Pagina 49
... cloth and began— playing cards . " Only another quarter of an hour ! Only ten minutes , Nella ! -till the clock in the parlour strikes half - past ! > They had begun by bargaining for half an hour and Nella , who was busy , came rushing ...
... cloth and began— playing cards . " Only another quarter of an hour ! Only ten minutes , Nella ! -till the clock in the parlour strikes half - past ! > They had begun by bargaining for half an hour and Nella , who was busy , came rushing ...
Pagina 52
... clothes , as if they were little kings on board ship and in the dockyards . . . . . If any- one talks of having been at Bombay , or Melbourne , or the Pacific , on the other side of Cape Horn , they turn up their noses , because the ...
... clothes , as if they were little kings on board ship and in the dockyards . . . . . If any- one talks of having been at Bombay , or Melbourne , or the Pacific , on the other side of Cape Horn , they turn up their noses , because the ...
Pagina 53
... to the parade near the docks , just as I was , in my working clothes , and sat down on a bench under some windows . . . . . It was so delightfully cool there , and I could hear the people in the THE COMMODORE'S DAUGHTERS . 53.
... to the parade near the docks , just as I was , in my working clothes , and sat down on a bench under some windows . . . . . It was so delightfully cool there , and I could hear the people in the THE COMMODORE'S DAUGHTERS . 53.
Pagina 148
... clothes ? " Martha raised her tearful face . " Well , you can imagine I feel sad now that Jan is gone . " " Yes , of course , that's true . " This was said in such a melancholy voice that Martha sat up in bed and looked at her sister ...
... clothes ? " Martha raised her tearful face . " Well , you can imagine I feel sad now that Jan is gone . " " Yes , of course , that's true . " This was said in such a melancholy voice that Martha sat up in bed and looked at her sister ...
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ADA CAMBRIDGE asked Author ball become began BJÖRNSON boat Börresen captain CHARLES GODFREY LELAND Cicely's cloth Commodore Commodore's corvette course Crown 8vo dance daughter dear dockyard door dress Edition EDMUND GOSSE everything exclaimed eyes face Falkenberg father Fcap feel felt glass gone hair HALL CAINE hand HAROLD FREDERIC head heard HEINRICH HEINE HENRIK IBSEN hurry Jan's Jonas Lie Karsten knew Kristiansfeldt lady laughing Laura Fox Lieutenant Fasting look Martha MATILDE SERAO mind Minka Miss Witt morning mother Mourier Nella's never night Norwegian pale perhaps Portrait round SARAH GRAND seemed ship sister sitting-room smile sofa Stathelle steamer stories suddenly sure talk tell thing thought to-day Translated trouble turned Volume walked Wally Wanckel wife window winter wish Witt's young girl
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