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Page 101
... guests , it seems , were a little too unworldly , and I afforded some relief . ' I spent the only agreeable part of the evening [ she wrote to her close companion and beloved friend Charles Ritchie ] with Peter Q. who was in a nice ...
... guests , it seems , were a little too unworldly , and I afforded some relief . ' I spent the only agreeable part of the evening [ she wrote to her close companion and beloved friend Charles Ritchie ] with Peter Q. who was in a nice ...
Page 135
... guests to follow her , moved processionally over the airfield towards a far - off taxi - rank - an apparition so dazzling and bewildering that the aggressive Haitian infantrymen lowered their rifles and hurriedly retired . Yet neither ...
... guests to follow her , moved processionally over the airfield towards a far - off taxi - rank - an apparition so dazzling and bewildering that the aggressive Haitian infantrymen lowered their rifles and hurriedly retired . Yet neither ...
Page 160
... guests to enjoy themselves , but had a horror of farewell scenes , and * It still occupies the same position , though Lord Egremont's bedroom later became a dining - room . Lord Melbourne , Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister , was ...
... guests to enjoy themselves , but had a horror of farewell scenes , and * It still occupies the same position , though Lord Egremont's bedroom later became a dining - room . Lord Melbourne , Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister , was ...
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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