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... sometimes distinguishes other talkers of the same kind.2 Her two daughters he also enjoyed meeting - Sonia , a beauti- fully mannered schoolgirl , and Violet , a highly precocious young woman , ' cosmopolitan and exotic ... with a vivid ...
... sometimes distinguishes other talkers of the same kind.2 Her two daughters he also enjoyed meeting - Sonia , a beauti- fully mannered schoolgirl , and Violet , a highly precocious young woman , ' cosmopolitan and exotic ... with a vivid ...
Page 88
... sometimes struck an unwittingly discordant note ; and the pre- cise nature of the position he occupied often puzzled Elizabeth's admirers . There could be no doubt of his place in his wife's affections ; her loyalty would never flag ...
... sometimes struck an unwittingly discordant note ; and the pre- cise nature of the position he occupied often puzzled Elizabeth's admirers . There could be no doubt of his place in his wife's affections ; her loyalty would never flag ...
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... sometimes turned against herself . More than once she had at- tempted suicide , and , after the last attempt , confessed that the return to life was so exquisitely agonizing that she would never try again . As I have a habit of arriving ...
... sometimes turned against herself . More than once she had at- tempted suicide , and , after the last attempt , confessed that the return to life was so exquisitely agonizing that she would never try again . As I have a habit of arriving ...
Contents
PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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