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... girl . His few words were a heart - felt , purely disinter- ested tribute paid to a beautiful woman by a man who ... girl approached , tried the door , found it bolted and reluctantly moved away . Cyril followed her ; but she at ...
... girl . His few words were a heart - felt , purely disinter- ested tribute paid to a beautiful woman by a man who ... girl approached , tried the door , found it bolted and reluctantly moved away . Cyril followed her ; but she at ...
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... girl ! ' he exclaimed . ' I shouldn't think that she'd get many customers ! ' It was the Marchesa Casati , I saw , who happened to be passing by , wearing her usual disconsolate uniform , as she pursued her star upon some fruitless ...
... girl ! ' he exclaimed . ' I shouldn't think that she'd get many customers ! ' It was the Marchesa Casati , I saw , who happened to be passing by , wearing her usual disconsolate uniform , as she pursued her star upon some fruitless ...
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... Girls , the highly ambitious if only partially successful novel that came out in 1964 , and ' Ivy Gripped the ... Girl , Kangaroo and The Plumed Serpent , where his personages are merely talkative puppets beside the splendour and ...
... Girls , the highly ambitious if only partially successful novel that came out in 1964 , and ' Ivy Gripped the ... Girl , Kangaroo and The Plumed Serpent , where his personages are merely talkative puppets beside the splendour and ...
Contents
PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
Copyright | |
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